Part of this journey was to test how they felt about spending day after day in the sidecar, and how they handled hot weather in it. Because of the miles we had to cover, this ended up being an even bigger test of that. When left to our own devices we’ll spend about eight hours […]
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Day 18 – Poland, NY to Cambridge, MA
We’d left the tent fly partially obscuring the tent because the weather forecast had said it might rain on us, and the day started with Dachary waking me up because it was starting to rain. I jumped out of the tent and pulled the fly completely over us to keep the rain out. It seemed […]
Continue ReadingDay 17 – Bracebridge, Ontario, Canada to Poland, NY, USA
During the evening a snazzy 1977 Honda… something parked beside the Ural. As we packed up the bikes in the morning I found myself talking bikes with its owner / maintainer. Apparently parts are getting hard to find for…whatever it is, but as he talked he smiled with memories of hours spent wrenching on it. […]
Continue ReadingDay 16 – Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario to Bracebridge, Ontario
In which we’re pleasantly surprised by Ontario, but our bodies continue to rebel at the pace.
Continue ReadingDay 15 – Merrill, Wisconsin to Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
In which we make it to Canada!
Continue ReadingDay 14 – Marshall, MN to Merrill, WI
Day 14 – Marshall, MN to Merrill, WI We got up at 6:00 AM. I walked the dogs in the light of a beautiful sunrise. Despite our attempts at efficiency it was still an hour before we were on the road. The weather was cool, and it wasn’t long before we had a hundred miles […]
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