On my way through Hancock, NY, I came across the start of the NE BDR, so I tried a section of it that was easy but beautiful. It was a warm day, and the sun lit up all the colors that autumn gives to the trees. On the way, I deliberately avoided the fastest route and took the narrowest winding road through the mountains, finally getting to use parts of the tires other than just the center. The center was already quite worn, and I hoped I wouldn’t have to change them before reaching my destination.

Then I just tried to make it to Bedford by evening, where I had arranged accommodation. On the way, however, I came across a young motorcyclist pushing her Honda. I stopped, as did another local biker, and we tried to fix her broken throttle cable. Unfortunately, after about two hours and trying a solution with a screw-on cable end that the local biker brought, we realized it wouldn’t hold firmly enough. So, she had to call for a pickup anyway. Her Honda was from 1982, so it had a classic design, and I thought that a screw-on cable end is a handy thing. I didn’t continue my journey until after seven, so it got dark quickly.

I spent Thursday at our company headquarters in Burlington, and in the evening, I headed to a spot by the river near the sixth section of the BDR. I rode that section on Friday and wanted to go up Mount Washington, where there’s a road (toll-based) all the way to the top. But it was very windy that day, so the road was closed to motorcycles, with no hope of it reopening. I rode a shortened part of the seventh section and went up Quill Hill near Rangeley, which also offered a beautiful view of the surrounding hills and strong winds. I spent the night near the town of Stratton.

The night and morning were very cold, with frost everywhere in the morning, and I confirmed that my sleeping bag no longer handles temperatures around 0°C (32°F) satisfactorily. In the morning, I packed up and went to a shop in Stratton for some tea to warm up. Because of the last two cold nights and the forecast showing continued low temperatures, I decided to speed up my return to Halifax and made it all the way to the town of Sussex that day. I stayed in a motel there because I didn’t want to freeze for a third night in a row.

On Sunday around 10 a.m., when it had warmed up a bit, I headed through the Bay of Fundy National Park toward Halifax. I arrived around 5 p.m. at my friend’s house, where I’ll stay until the end of the month before flying home. So, the journey has come to an end, and there will be just one final post with a recap, in case anyone’s interested.

I rode just under 20,000 kilometers (12,472 miles) on the motorcycle, which allowed me to meet friends scattered across the country and experience and see many things. On the map, the route also includes the car trip to New Jersey, so it’s a bit longer .😊

A few more pictures are in gallery: https://fotky.kapi.cz/gallery/E-PZ4UUNKna-HhQpfjcTJE4j

The whole trip is in the map: https://mapy.com/s/nebedecema