20140529 - Bar Harbor Me to West Greenwhich Ri

The day started at our B&B with, what else, breakfast.  Having been on the internet looking at weather for the last hour, it was time to come downstairs and see what Ralph was planning for us.

Breakfast started with some wonderful chocolate chip and almond scones and a cup of tea.  Mike was already downstairs and having trouble with the internet.  He asked me if I did anything.  Why do people always look at me when their connection to the Internet is broken?  I told him it must be his computer and about that time, someone else came down with the same complaint.  Clearly, I had the priority lanes on the Information Super Highway this morning.

Ralph offered us a menu and told us the special was polenta with black beans, salsa and 2 eggs any style.  We all ended up with the special, and it was fantastic. 

We planned to check out and tour the park.  There is a loop that runs around the park and we planned to get video of everything, plus stills.  Monies paid, keys returned and bikes packed, we made our way to the park.  It is a national park, so there is a fee to get in.  My park pass was still valid and has more than paid for itself, so I didn't have to break out any cash.

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After the park, we decided we needed to make it a good way back home; but, wanted to take Rt. 1 and see things instead of just driving interstate.  We made that happen until we got to about Portsmouth.  We decided to take a long lunch and hopefully arrive in the Boston area after rush.  If that didn't work out, we were going to take a long dinner and do more riding after dinner.  Plan B is what happened.  We got as far as Lowell when the traffic was nearly stopped.  So, we took an exit and found a Chinese buffet.  Consulting my road atlas (for the 600th time this trip), we plotted a course for Woonsocket RI.  Yes there is a Woonsocket RI and I'm sure all you riders born after 1980 know what a road atlas is, how to use it, and carry it as religiously as I do.  Here's proof there is a Woonsocket.

Herby the Love Bug was also in Woonsocket on this day:

After Woonsocket, the temps were falling pretty fast.  We really wanted to get West of the greater Hartford area; but, that wasn't going to happen.  We ended up at a Best Western, where the chlorine in the hot tub was noxious!

Today, we're getting a late start to let traffic die out and will finish this trip, adding connecticuit to the list of states visited and complete our Northeast states tour.