We started early this morning but still took all day to go just over 200 miles. We took our time and stopped in to see one of Robin’s friends at their home for lunch. Thank you Rachel and Jon for your hospitality and for taking time out of your busy day in the middle of the week.
As you can see, the roads out here are beautiful. This is about all we saw today since everything is so green and grows right up to the side of the road. Getting around in this area without a GPS would be very difficult unless you were on the highways. There are little towns just about everywhere an the roads between them are not straight. In the final 70 miles today I don’t think I ever went more than 6 miles on the same road & just about every turn was onto “Main” street through a small town center. We are fairly close to Boston here in Nashua and here is my theory. 150+ years ago all these little towns were individual townships and separated by a few miles. Close enough to Boston to be convenient but far enough away that you were definitely out of the city. Now – people have moved in to just about every open space between the towns and it’s all one big suburb. Speed limits are seldom over 35 mph and the roads wouldn’t support anything faster anyway. So, while it’s picturesque and quaint, we’ll be looking for roads with a little higher speed limit tomorrow, not the slab – just something in the middle & I’d like to be off the road before everyone is on their way home from work.
Before I wrap this up, I would like to commend the state of New Hampshire for having the hands down, absolute BEST, nobody else even comes close, state motto:
Live Free or Die – that just about sums it up doesn’t it.
2014 Four Corners
Hi Lenny and Robin, I am enjoying your wonderful ride and stories about the territory. Years ago when my husband was in the Air Force, I lived in the area where you are. I lived in a small town, Dover-Foxcroft, Maine (about 30 miles from Bangor). Also lived in Manchester, NH, as well as East Hampton, Mass. It is beautiful there and great to see your journey. How much further and longer will you be riding?
Glo
Hey Glo, thanks for the comments. We are going up to Madiwaska then heading back. We were originally going to go farther but we’re running out of time. We should be home for a week or so around the 25th of June – then it’s off to Canada until August sometime.