Monday, June 6, 2011

The Celebration of the Motorcycle…

Today was the first day of Americade, 2011.  It was a great day with even better weather… in the mid to high 80’s.

We started off by heading into Lake George for the opening and registration.  7 of us went in.  It was typical Americade… lots of bikes.

Here is Judy de-biking at the Holiday Inn, where all the registration occurs. 

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What a celebration of the motorcycle… all kinds show up for this event… eventually this week, 10,000 bikes will be in this Town.

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This is in great shape below… it is a 1970-ish Honda 350 four cylinder… when I was a teenager, I wanted one of these so bad… it never happened though…

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An older couple drove up on this thing… it is actually made by Ford, and has a 4 cylinder car engine in it… very different…

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This guy in the pic below looked a little hungry after his long drive to Americade…

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There are a lot of the Can Am’s pictured below at the event.

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After registration we decided to take a ride north up through the finger lakes region, and into Vermont.   Here we are waiting for a ferry boat to take us over to Vermont.

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Before we can get on, everyone else has to get off.

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All set for the 10 minute ride on the boat…

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I climbed up with the Captain to get a elevated shot!

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Every Ship has a name…

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The new bridge below will soon put the boats out of service…

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Two of these ferry’s alternate the runs back and forth…

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Our ride was quite long, about 157 miles, so we stopped for dinner in Vermont at this quaint little pub on the lake.

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Judy took the pics, and as a few of these people have outstanding warrants against them, we will not be naming any of them…

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Lots of little Ducks along with their mommy…

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I had the 3 Amigos… good presentation… (pulled pork)

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All in all, a spectacular day!  Good friends and good weather and lots of motorcycles… argg, argg…

It is now time for Hockey Night in Canada!

Till tomorrow…

3 comments:

  1. that little ferry reminds me of the Fort Langley ferry that is no longer running across the Fraser River..we have a new bridge...the Golden Ears Bridge (toll)..but sure saves a ton of time!..to get to Langley from Maple Ridge is so much easier now!

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  2. Thanks for taking us on your bike tour and all the great pics. Your lunch looked terrific!! Those guys did look a little 'sketchy' though.

    I think Vancouver better put their parade plans on hold for a bit, don't ya think???

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  3. Well, the Canucks zoned out for Game 3 so the party will have to wait even longer. Keep riding! There is no need to rush back for hockey. More games to come. I enjoyed all the motorcycle photos.....and the starving rider too.

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