Yes, we had a fantastic time at Americade 2009. It was a great trip. The weather turned out to be fantastic for the whole week. It was a little cool at night, but no problem we had a furnace!
We left on the Saturday, May 8 and camped with Frank and Patsy about halfway down to Lake George, in the middle of no where. Nice campground, and enjoyed camping in a bug free zone. Made it to Lake George the next day and set up our camp. It was good, as all of us from Gravenhurst had our own little cul-de-sac for our rigs and were all together. Frank brought the patio laterns, but somehow halfway during the week they made it over to our site. We went on a covered bridge tour on Tuesday and really enjoyed it. I think we found 7 bridges or something like that. It was a nice warm day and a great ride.
There was at least 10,000 bikes in Lake George from the count I made....took quite a while. There was all different kinds and makes and styles like you would not believe. Amazing.
Our new home on wheels worked to a tee! We are really impressed, and very happy with our new home. It pulled the bikes and trailer with absolutely no problem. Did not really know they were behind unless you looked in the rear view camera. Had one of my rear view mirrors on the bike break on the trip down, so bought a real nice custom set of mirrors at the Tour Expo, that is where all the venors set up and sell their stuff. You can buy anything.
This trip was the first big test for our travelling Kitties. They did real well, and only complained a couple of times. They stayed in their travel cages and were very quiet for the most part. Even when the U.S. Boarder Patrol came on board at the boarder, they were cool calm and collected. I did get my green grapes confiscated by the Boarder Patrol though, as they were from "Mexico" and they could not be trusted I was told. So when Mom and I got to Lake George we were in Wallmart and of course, bought another identicle bag of Mexican Grapes.... go figure. I guess that was their big bust for the day...Even told me they had to incinerate them.... yikes, pretty tuff punishment for just being a grape in the wrong place...
Made it home today after a 544 mile trip. Motor home worked very well. We had to re-fuel and mom did all the math, and after much consultation and review, she determined that Dora the Motorhome was achieving 11 miles to a gallon of diesel while even pulling the bikes in the trailer behind....I was impressed. I thought it would be lower, like 6 or 7 miles per gallon. I can handle 11 miles per gallon. Hopefully everytime we go somewhere in the future, the wind will be at our back. It was not comming up the 401 today and you could tell that Dora had a bit of a fight on her hands, but did very well none the less/
Had to wash all the bugs and a week of grit and dirt off her when we got home, but she is now shinny and clean again, ready to soon head back to the KOA for the week. We bought a new chair a IKEA today, and hope to put it in the RV and remove the dinette booth, and use our existing kitchen table and chair from the house. Will keep you posted on this....
Too much talk....here are the Lake George pictures:
This is Frank and Patsy's 5er that they took to Lake George.
Here is Dora and the Bike Trailler at our Lake George site, it is actually quite big.
What is camping without a big campfire!
We took a tour up to Lake Placid, and here is Mom making sure her Burgy is safe and sound and ready to leave while we all went shopping...My bike took care of Her's...
Here is the "Eagle" out on the covered Bridge Tour...
Frank and Patsy enjoying the covered bridge tour, with an actual artist in the background, doing a painting of the bridge.
This was the view the artist was using...he did nice work
Lots of people, lots of bikes, had a great time!
We stopped in Prescott, Ont. on the way home at this camp ground and had a spot right on the water. It was a great way to end the trip!
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