June 17, 18 and 19

No we haven't fallen off the face of the earth.

On the 17th we headed south on Maine's Highway 1....and made it as far as Milbridge before we gave up for the day.

We stopped in Eastport at the Chowderhouse for seafood. Larry had lobster, I had steamer clams. Larry enjoyed his lobster, the clams were so sandy as to be awful. I ate some and they paid me back a couple of hours later.

The motel we stayed at in Milbridge was the Red Barn. BEWARE - if you have any allergies avoid this place. There are cats all over the place. One slept on the seat of my bike...and was flea ridden. Fleas all over the place. The room wasn't bad...no internet, no coffee, no breakfast, over priced.

On the 18th we didn't leave until close to 9 a.m. still determined to ride all the way down Highway 1....made it most of the way!

We rode on NON-toll roads. Slow. Awesome. Pretty, Gorgeous....WET, WET, WET in the afternoon. We rode in Maine, New Hampshire and Rhode Island.

We spent the night at the Glochester Inn outside of Glochester, Rhode Island. Hmm...all I can say is that we were very tired and it was raining pretty hard. The place was clean, the bed was almost comfy, the water was hot....and it was next door to a REALLY good restaurant with a bar! If these people ever get all the efficiency apartments updated it will be a good place to stay if you'd like the peace a quiet. Right now the 70s carpeting is a real negative to people walking in the room!

This morning, June 19th, we were on the road by 7 a.m. - and no rain. We rode through our 49th continental state....together and on the yellow rides. We also have been in Alaska, Pacific, Mountain, Central, Eastern and Atlantic time zones.

Twice in New York drivers decided to steer their cars into my lane while I was using it...and then some twit decided to pass me and THEN exit at the same time. That one sent my blood racing.

Most driving habits are the same from state to state....except I KNOW people in California show more respect for construction areas than what I have seen back here. People don't even slow down, let alone do the speed limit.

We had very little rain all day. We having been riding I-80 and are now in Clearfield, PA. It is warm and dry with rain on the way for tomorrow. We had dinner at the Dutch Pantry - another bad meal. I have been recalling the awesome meal we had in Stover, MO last September, so this was a major disappointment.

Already miss the nice folks in Maine...

I'm trying to talk Larry into going to Lincoln's home in Springfield, IL....weather permitting I think that is where we will point the bikes toward tomorrow.