Americade- Day 3- June 7/16

Awoke to a bright sunny Tuesday........it was 7am and my riding buddies appeared hungry....so it was into Lake George to the Tikki Resort for breakfast. Afterwards, up to Americade headquarters to get a 10.00 parking ticket, good for the week. We headed down to the Vendor section for some window shopping.....Twisty made the 1st purchase and now has proper rain resistant and armored riding pants....though he is perplexed at what it cost him. Don may have actually made the 1st purchase as he bought a shade screen for his garmin. J&M who supplied our bluetooth headsets have a booth, as I have been experiencing problems with my unit, I approached them and they took my unit in for testing. Upon my return an hour later....they said they were giving me a new unit and did so.....FREE.
I needed a new face shield and that turned out to be my purchase.

See Don's Tatoo

 Tonight we headed into town to observe the many bikes, trikes, spiders which are bumper to bumper along the road....tomorrow likely a ride.

Americade-Day 2 -June 06/16

Day 2 found 2 of the 3amigos starring in the windows at 7am looking for breakfast at the Super 8 even though they had asked for a 7.30 sitting.

looking dejected

ted                     sitting down to a hardy breaky of boiled eggs, toast, cereal, fresh muffins, coffee and juices,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Next the Ferry crossing to Wolf Isl

the 1st ferry is free to the Island which is in  Canada waters.

The second ferry is $ 8.00 and service by a grumpy Captain....no small talk...lol....this one holds about 4 cars and is loaded from the side. USA customs was pleasant and quick and we headed for Watertown on semi twisties.

Our GPS" wanted to take us to the Interstate 81 at Watertown.....so we pulled into a Cracker Barrel for a break and some human directions which took us on an alternate route to # 3 and on to #30. Along which we stopped for lunch....

We picked up # 28 and 9N TO COMPLETE our run which was some of the best riding of the day. We arrived at our cabin, The Amber Lantern around 4pm, just in time for moi to catch the Y&R but I forgot and missed it...dang

Americade and Beyond June 5/16- Day 1

It was 1 am before the 3 amigos were under way. Don, Ken herein referred to as twisty and myself are on a trip to Lake George NY to Americade 2016. The town will see in excess of 50,000 bikes over the next week.......we plan on staying until Thursday then will head into Vermont and Quebec before our return home.

Moi ready

All 3 departure 

Super 8 Arrival

Comfy......................................Underway by 1 pm with Ken leading us via hwy118 through Haliburton, Bancroft to Denbigh where we made a right on 41 to Napanee with a stop in Colyne for fuel both for the bikes and ourselves.

At Napanee we picked hwy 2 to Kingston. Rain dodged all the way as we came upon wet sections with the rain 1 step ahead of us. Twisty led the way until I had to take over as Kingston's made street was closed for construction and the Twist's Gps was likely lost....I arrived at out destination without my riding buddies and turned back fearing a problem. Turned out Twisty had nature call in the midst of a slightly built up area near CFB Kingston and I found him watering a tree on the side of the road while Don appeared to be the lookout.

Appears I have been relegated to the floor as I refuse to sleep with either of the other 2...LOL

Tomorrow we will find the Ferry for the crossing to Wolf Isl......then on to NY by a second ferry.......til tomorrow...night  

BMW/MOA Gathering Camp Tamarack-May26-29th 2016

Arrived at the event Friday afternoon and met a number of attendees/organizers who are also involved with Horizon's Unlimited, an organization dedicated to educating and helping travellers  by hosting seminar events and an online resource centre.https://www.horizonsunlimited.com/

The 100 attendees from Minnesota, Missouri, New York, Quebec and Ontario enjoyed day ride outs through Muskoka and evening informative seminars which included bike safety sessions, First Aid and stories of adventure through Mongolia and The Trans Lab. During the morning before breakfast Diana Londono led yoga sessions for bikers.

the view from my cabin

my cabin

slow gathering for dinner

delicious

my quarters

      

Infiltrating BMW Rally @ Camp Tamarack-May27 2016

Joined the Bmw Riders  Group back in January to see what all the hype was with this moto culture.....So this week end they are hosting a get together/rally t a local kids camp with ride outs during the day and adventure speakers during the evening. I no longer own a BMW, hence the title, as I now ride a Suzuki 650 Vstrom.

  

Day 3 Manitoulin Sept 23 15

 

Awoke to a bright sunny day…..on the bikes and on to Mom’s for breakfast. Mindemoya is about 15 k from our lodging and soon we will be heading there for Dinner as it is 5.45 as I type this……I was attempting to guide Ken on roads that he may not have been on before and areas that might yield some caches to keep him happy…lol.

Ken has a habit of attracting the law….so as we were considering motoring around a bridge closed….in the middle of no where….guess what… but but officer we are only looking…haha Motoring on, we soon reach the Wikwemikong Reserve which is the only unceded reserve in Canada……..which only means they never signed the last treaty in the 1800 hundreds….here we stopped for cafe….  Nice little place with pastries and coffee to rival Starbucks…..I then led Ken to the north end of the reserve which is also the most easterly part of the Island. It was here that I let him choose our next lodging as he has been unhappy with my 5 star selection.

Ken, I get the couch, you can have the bed you can have the bed  Ken, I am not eating here

Next, we headed to Manitowoning, where Ken had a gps fix on a cache This is Ken trying to get my attention that he has a marker on the above…..ok ken let’s go…. First we had to stop at this 1800 hundred Jesuit Church….now used as an open summer theatre…..

While waited to load the bikes on the Ferry,   Ken was busy looking for another cache

A trip up the Bidwell road around Lake Manitou yield another cache While here, Ken & I became playful, must have been the result of finding all the Geo’s

Arriving on 542 Ken was hot on the pursuit of another find… My b…… at work………preparing a fire for tonight

I have made a new friend……this Butterfly has been hanging about my windshield for 15 minutes…..we are presently at the cottage and heading out for dinner…it’s 6:30 and I am hoping I am able to post this at the Restaurant as we have no internet or Tv…….