The Journey Begins - June 29th.

The family got off to a late start today.  Guess we were out to late last night.  :)  Started the day at the 44 diner with the family for breakfast.  The kids and Mom all had waffles and I had 2 eggs, home fries, and Canadian bacon.

We got back to the house about 10:45,  I did some final packing, turned on the helmet-cam and then started up the bike.

 My official send off from the family -

 

Heading out the driveway.

 

Bye - See ya all soon.

 

Out on to the open road.

 

A quick stop at Prestige Auto (shameless plug) to top off the tank and say hello to Larry and then off I go.

 Since I got a bit of a late start,  I headed down 9D to 84,  then out 84 to 17K then out 17 to make up a little.   Here's today's route.   A total of 284 miles today and I averaged 46 mpg.

I stopped in Roscoe NY for lunch at the Roscoe Diner.  Turkey on rye with pesto/mayo and a diet Pepsi.  May have been the other brand,  but I'll say Pepsi anywho. 

Hit a couple of good storms,  but each only lasted about 30min.  My next stop was in Montour Falls,  the southern gateway to the finger lakes.  Actually got a 30 min history lesson about the town while parked in front of the village hall.

From there I went to......

Well,  I let this guy tell you.

 

  Did that really all fix on the bike.   Yikes!

That's the end of day one of the journey.  It's 1:45am and I need to get some sleep.  Tomorrow off to the falls and then into Canada.   Should be an easy day.

See ya,

Duane