After the horrid downpour of Day 1; we were quite hopeful that Day 2 would fare much better. Weather forecasts indicated rain, but nothing too outrageous. While we woke up pretty early, it took us much longer to eat breakfast and pack up than we expected. We weren't on the road until about 9:30am, already a good hour behind schedule.
Within 30 minutes of pulling out of Gananoque, we were (surprise) riding in the rain. The next several hours were a mixture of drizzle, rain, or outright storm. Imagine being a wet sock flapping in the wind, that's pretty much what we felt like. At about 2 or 3pm, the skies finally cleared up and we even saw the first glimpse of sun. Even though we were still soggy sock puppets, boy, did that ever feel good. The remainder of the day remained clear and we managed to roll into Portland at about 9:30pm. By then, we had even mostly dried!
We were so beat at the end of the day that neither one of us managed to finish our well deserved beers. What a crime, are they going to take our citizenships away for this one?
On to some pics...
Day 2 route:
Bikes after a good night's rest:
Bikes are packed, Cess clueless about the pain about to ensue:
Ferry at Plattsburgh:
