I did a loop

[mhines]

I saw/heard somewhere recently that Mother's Day is the lowest traffic day of the year on US roads? [OK, so it was Dennis Collins and Richard Rawlings talking about their Cannonball exploits.]

While my experience was not necessarily conclusive, and of course the temps dropped back into the 40s-50s, Sunday was indeed a nice day to ride. As the r1100s is back fresh from the BIG service [broken in half to replace a leaky main seal and service the clutch/final drive etc.], the calendar was bare and my appetite was... substantive, I decided to air it out a bit and do a one day "over the top" route from Boston over Lake Champlain [50 yards from Canada] and back. NH was cold in the am, VT/Mt. Mansfield was glorious and verdant midday, and the Western shores of three Lakes [Champlain, Schroon and George, among others], straddling the Eastern side of Adirondack Park, made for a spectacular charge toward the golden hours retracing steps from NY state back to MA.

Anyway, over 675mi is my second longest [95%-ish] backroads loop for one day.

Is anyone else sitting at work wishing they were back out there rn? Where else did people celebrate Mother's Day? [I spoke to my mom while strafing 9w, thanks Cardo!]

I like riding.

[mikegalbicka]

Nice ride. In 2016 we spent a few weeks riding New England states and loved it. I remember that golden dome visit during that trip. Beautiful country up that way.

[henzilla]

Nice report and chosen ride… Go S’s!
I can do some miles on our 11S, however that’s more than I have tried as my can do catches up with my want to on that model. Hats off to you!

[Lee]

Thanks for the ride report.
Can you post a link to your Rever route?

[mhines]

Thanks for the ride report.
Can you post a link to your Rever route?

Thar she blows Lee:
https://go.rever.co/L5rNtc3E0zb

And thanks Henzilla, between the Sargent seat, some cycling shorts and a decent amount of elliptical work etc. the longer rides have gotten easier, and notably also adding the Cardo Packtalk to take a few calls and put on some tunes when my mind starts to fold in on itself from isolation/self-analysis.

But mostly I'm obsessed and I also bite off a lot on the way out and realize somewhere [in this case at 3pm when only just getting over the top of Lake Champlain] that whoa.. I kind of sent it here and it's going to be a late night/long ride home. Honestly it *is* the mental part that can get most challenging as left to my thoughts, after 11-12 hours I start to pull things apart a bit much. But as I said, finally adding the headset and understanding that I can do some audio stuff while maintaining enough hearing to monitor the surroundings etc. seems to help a lot.

Just some blissful blips around town this weekend. Plotting multi-days to Watkins Glen, Western PA and PEI. We shall see!

[Lee]

Thar she blows Lee:
https://go.rever.co/L5rNtc3E0zb

!

Thanks, that let me zoom in to see what roads you took.

[mhines]

Thanks, that let me zoom in to see what roads you took.

Happy to fill many hours chatting about favorite routes across VT and NY in particular [my favorite areas these days].

If you're heading out this way, lmk, more than happy to connect!

[Lee]

Happy to fill many hours chatting about favorite routes across VT and NY in particular [my favorite areas these days].

If you're heading out this way, lmk, more than happy to connect!

We like riding in that area. Lived a couple years in Woodsville NH as a kid and we have made quite a few motorcycle trips back to that area and northern NY.