Never Call Me a Fair-Weather Rider

Hey everyone! I made it to Cayuga Lake, NY and amazingly they have free wifi at the campground! As I sit here it's 6:00 and overcast, 70 degrees. The birds are chirping, the bugs are biting, and I am in much better spirits then I have been all trip so far. So here's a recap. I ended up leaving campus at 9:45, thanks to Anna for providing the picture below.

I dont have photoshop on my laptop...

As you can see, I left right in the middle of a three day storm. Unfortunately because of the rain I wasnt in much of a mood to stop anywhere and take too many interesting pictures, but hopefully they will be coming soon.

After 180 miles of pouring rain I made camp just south of Burlington, VT. The rain had let up a little bit so I made camp and headed into town for some dinner. Hooray sushi! After dinner it had started pouring again so I made my way back to camp (without my rain suit on). Wet and tired I decided to call it a night at 8pm and let the sound of the rain on my tent put me to sleep.

Up at 5 to the sound of more rain I broke camp and started heading south. I decided to take the Essex ferry in to NY and managed to take a shot of Champ, the Lake Champlain monster!

I really want to take some real pictures soon...

After some more rain and riding through the Adirondacks I finally hit Rt 90 and saw the most beautiful sight of my trip so far.

Now you may be thinking that this is just a rest area on rt 90, nothing special about that. But you would be wrong! This was the first time I was able to continue riding without my full rain gear on! I had forgotten how much fun riding a motorcycle actually is.

Another 100 miles later and I made camp in Cayuga which is apparently crazy wine country. Figured that since I was here I'd go for a wine tasting at the Buttonwood Grove Winery. I recommend the Chardonnay and Sauvignon Franc, delicious.

For now I'm just going to relax a bit and head out to The Golden Buck for a burger and a brewski, and yes, it looks as rustic as it sounds.

Tomorrow should be a fairly boring day but I am going to try and head to Indiana, not sure how much of Cleveland I'll get to see. After that it's on to St. Paul to hang out with Maldonis and not sleep on the ground for a night.

Better stuff is coming soon, check back in a few days!