Day 9: Saturday, June 21st, 2008
Ride South and West Toward Ohio

This information is a work in progress and will certainly change
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There will be two different itineraries for the return from New Hampshire
to Ohio.  Five of us are anxious to have some time in Ohio to ride
some really exciting roller coasters.  Carol and Myron are not big fans
of roller coasters so will not be in as big a hurry to arrive back in Ohio.
They will try to see more of Pennsylvania passing through.

Itinerary for Garron, Rhonda, Ross, Randy, and James:
From Laconia head south through Massachusetts, Connecticut,
New York and into Pennsylvania

Scranton, Pennsylvania was chosen because of it's distance from Laconia.

Route: 380 Miles estimated 6 hours 30 minutes

Comfort Suites Hotel
44 Montage Mountain Road
Near Sno Mountain & Lakawann Stadium
(570) 347-1551
Confirmation # 323225

2 br, 2 ba, kitchen + rollaway
Continental Breakfast

Can Cancel up to 6:00PM day of arrival

I-81 Exit 182b

Note: going through Massachusetts will be on a stretch of I-90, it is a toll road.
Be sure to have cash ready.
When leaving and re-entering the road have to pay at the toll booths.

 

Itinerary for Carol and Myron:

This itinerary is very flexible and subject to change as whimsy hits while we are riding.
 
From Laconia head south through Massachusetts,
Rhode Island and into Connecticut

Stamford, Connecticut might be a possible end point.

Route: 288 Miles estimated 5 hours 9 minutes



We will be going through and touring some of the historic areas
of Boston, Massachusetts

Beacon Hill has many interesting sights to see.


The next large city might be Providence, Rhode Island


A convenient stopping point for the day may be in
Stamford, Connecticut
Wikipedia article
City Guide
CNN voted among best places to live 2006
Myron and Carol have chosen not to make reservations in advance.  Choosing instead to
ride and explore until it seems a comfortable time and place to stop.
With it being only the two of them, finding a single room should not be a problem.
We made it through the first day of our trip back to Ohio to turn in the bikes.  All in all, a good day for riding.  The weather was outstanding with the possible exception of mugginess in some areas.

When it came time to find a place for the night in Stamford, we got lost in a very old, very run-down, industrial area of the city.  There are four exits and none of them showed any icons on the approach signs for gas, lodging or food.  We had dinner at a Mexican place that had three motorcycles parked in the lot.  We thought we'd eat first and ask for a recommendation.  That worked well.  We were directed to and checked into a La Quinta for the night.

I have not had nearly enough time to keep these web pages anywhere near up to date.  I will have to complete them when I return.

Among us, we took nearly 1,000 photos.  I will go through those and put a representative sample of the good ones on these pages.

More later.

 

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