I am posting the following summer plans in hopes of gaining
suggestions of things to see and do along the way
from people who
live there - and perhaps even meet a few people
themselves.
Suggestions appreciated.
lem•ming (l m ng) n.
Any of various small, thickset rodents, especially
of the genus
Lemmus, inhabiting northern regions and known for
periodic mass
migrations that sometimes end in drowning.
With the New Year Almost upon us it appears time
to start to begin
to get ready to continue to further discuss
developing travel plans
which have been percolating since the end of last
riding season,
although in tropical Wisconsin riding season never
ends. Such
percolation of ideas has resulted in the
development of "The Lemming
Run", with an easy to follow concept. To wit,
simply, "Drive to the
edge of the world, or continent as the case may be
and jump off."
Along the way we visit the famous RDV, in Wiekert, PA,
meet the
infamous alarm clock, aka, rooster, and be joined
by another
traveling companion. Once RDV closes its gates for
another year the
three of us (so far), will head to Brandon, VT
where while be joined
by my brother and sister-in-law in their truck.
Traveling onward to the Bay
of Fundy
http://www.bayoffundy.com/
we will have the opportunity to ride the tidal
bore
http://tinyurl.com/aejpv.
http://novascotia.com/en/home/default.aspx
Having dried off, the troupe will proceed to the Port of Sidney and
embark upon a 14 hour North Atlantic voyage from Nova Scotia to
Newfoundland, ever alert for icebergs, enemy U-Boats and Titanic
survivors. This will be the first of four ocean
voyages. Arriving in
Newfoundland the parade will proceed to St. John's, which is the
easternmost point of the North American Continent
and jump in the
lake, or ocean, as it were. Here we will receive
"guidance" from an
internet Virago friend that I have wanted to visit
for
several years. Hopefully, Ed is still there.
(Hint, hint - will even
bring Sea Foam)
http://www.marine-atlantic.ca/
http://tinyurl.com/96yqp
Having once again dried off, the next stop will be
Labrador, via to
and from sea voyages, so one may ride the 35 or 40
miles of paved
road in order to be able to say BTDT. This will
also put us as far
away from home as we can get so the rest of the
trip, back through
Nova Scotia, around the Gaspe' Peninsula and making a right turn
around Quebec
will find the remainder of the travels to be down hill
all the way.
http://www.tourismnewbrunswick.ca/en-ca/
Throughout the excursion we may covertly explore
budamy's , Cajun
and Sheldon's, French/Eskimo background,
relatives, antecedents and
skeletons in closets.
Anyone wanna meet for coffee anywhere or go as a
part of a SMALL,
INFORMAL group? Actually I think several small
informal groups of 4
to 6 rigs each would tend to make sidecars,
especially those pulled
by a Virago, quite well known
throughout the Maratimes, so would be happy to
share traveling info
with others.
FWIW see tentative map here http://tinyurl.com/9sjrg
SKUNK 0001, aka, Gust, who can identify with
small, thickset rodents
and is looking forward to lobster, even at
McDonald's.
