Today we started the James Bay Trip. I met Dad, Raphael Jones, Don Williams, Steve Klotz, and Mike Kramer in a parking lot of the NOVA Loudoun Campus. We are starting with a little 180 mile jaunt up to Frackville, PA where we will met the rest of our party for the trip into Canada. We ran into a little traffic along the way, including a huge motorcycle procession outside of Leesburg, but we made it to PA without any problems. We met up with the rest of the crew (Ron and Laura Jones, Kenny and Linda Dyer,and Dusty Collins) at Granny's Motel and Inn for our first dinner as a group.
I am riding Dad's BMW R1100GS for the duration of this trip. I managed to pack the bike a little too top heavy, so I had to repack the saddle bags for tomorrow's departure. Just before the picture taken at NOVA below,the bike actually started to tip over in the parking lot. The GS is very tall, so it will take some getting used to.
For those of you that do not know, this is the beginning of my trip with Dad to James Bay. Our route will take us to the farthest point in Québec that you can reach on a paved road. At 400 Miles per day, it will take us 3 days just to get there. Today's mileage was just to get to the meeting point. Tomorrow the trip begins in earnest.
First leg, leaving NOVA. Here I am talking to Tracy one last time.
Repacking the GS for tomorrow's run into Canada.
Granny's Motel and Inn.
Dad's R1200RT.
First dinner with the crew.
GS packed and ready to go.| Trip Stats | |
| Date: | Aug 18, 2006 |
| From | Home |
| To: | Frackville, PA |
| Miles Today: | 200 |
| Total Miles: | 200 |
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