Day Ride

We took off on the wing around 9 am Sunday. Got some breakfast at cracker barrel and headed to Orme TN. Have had Orme on my list to go to since 2016 because of a rally I was in.
We took a back route which looked great on the map. Bad news it turned to a washed out gravel road for about 5 miles. Great for the DR 650 but not so much for the wing. We made it though with very little damage. The fairing on the trunk shook loose. The National Park gave me some duct tape for a quick patch.
Headed home on the back roads of AL, TN and GA.
In total about 120 miles of fun.

States, Providences and Countries

USA

Georgia
Tennessee
North Carolina
Virginia
West Virginia
Maryland
Pennsylvania
New York
New Jersey
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Vermont
New Hampshire
Maine
Ohio
Kentucky

Canada

New Brunswick
Nova Scotia

Scenic Byways

Our goal on this trip is to stay off the interstates. Easy to do for the first 700 to 800 miles due to the Blueridge and Skyline Parkways. It gets a little more difficult from Harpers Ferry WV north.

The trick was to google "scenic highways and byways " by state. I now have to decide on which of the many routes to take.

Where to Stay?

Hotels, motels, air bnb, camping, and cabins. We are going to camp about every third night. We have a Kelty TN 3 which fits nicely in the wings trunk. There are no reservations anywhere because we have no idea where we will end up each day.




We have found while traveling in the RV that reservations are a mistake and put too much of an agenda on us. Our motto is "Just Wing It". See what I did there.. :)

How to get to Nova Scotia

Our first discussion is how are we going to get there?

1. Train
2. Plane
3. Auto
4. RV
5. Motorcycle
6. Walk

We have looked into flying and making it a destination trip. We would be able to spend two weeks in Nova Scotia and see most of it this way.

Walking and train are out.

RV is being sold so it isn't the best option.

Now we are down to auto and motorcycle.

Auto was in the front running but we decided to buy a Goldwing and make an adventure out of this journey.

Trip to Nova Scotia

Hello Everyone,


This is the spot I will post our experiences of the planning and the trip.