Home finally. Rode with Rob (Larkfarms) to Rte. 495-290 junction where he continued on to Cape Cod to visit his son. Split with John (Big_Poppy) at the junction of 290 and 190 where he continued on for his ride home to Georgia. Went and got my daughter from camp and now I can sit, relax and relive the weekend. My second NH rally was as good as the first and lived up to my expectations. A big thanks to Rob and Aunt Cathy for having us all. Also all the other helpers mentioned above.
On Friday Rob (Larkfarms), John (Big_Poppy) and myself
split off after Cathedral of the Pines to do some twisties and a little cranking of the throttle that is hard to do in a group. Rob got to ride over the Ashuelot Covered Bridge that was on the original ride route having never been on one before
. From there Rob mentioned that he had never been to Vermont before so off we went
. Took him and John to Brattleboro and up and over Rte. 9 to Willmington where we picked up Rte. 100 up to 30 back down to 5 up to 9 back into NH. Over the Western section of 101 to 31 down to 123 over to 13 and 130 back into Nashua. Part of this ride was from the Bennington Bash so although they could not make that rally they did get to do some of the rides.
On Saturday We hit some more of the ride from the shortened Friday route.
101 over to 13 down to 136 over to 31 and down to 1A for the final leg to the dealers. A very nice 2 or so hour ride. The dealer, Second Wind Triumph/BMW, put on a very nice spread for us with dogs and burgers fresh from the grill with some pasta salad. Cake for desert if you still had room. Back to the motel for a little R&R before the cookout. The only real rain of the weekend passed at this time and it cleared out in time to head over for chow. Great food with a deep fried turkey and pulled pork as the main dishes. Back to the motel for a nights sleep.
Sunday up and packed over to Robs for a quick farewell and start counting the days till next year. Ready to start scouting next years proposed routes.
Well actually been over some of it already.
It does seem that my early morning rising and out for a quick little 50 to a hundred mile ride is a small source of amusement. Got a little ribbing this morning that they all figured I put in a quick 100 or 2 before heading off home. But when you don't drink you got to do something while
Martin (Bucky) rouses himself from the chair he slept in, Uncle Charlie crawls out of his tent and tries to remember where he is, saying "I could sure use a Bloody Mary", Rob (Larkfarms) comes out of his Crown Royal and lemon water daze and a host of others try to focus their eyes for the days events. I am sorely tempted to sneak over early pull the baffles from the Epco's and fire her up. Just the image puts a huge
smile on my face but Rob does have to live there.
Rob (Larkfarms) did take some pictures and hopefully he will post them when he gets home. Well this is probably my longest post ever and more than I talked all weekend. So till next year ride hard, ride smart and stay safe.
