Montreal, The Laurentians & the Appalachians

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The journey began on the 24th July 2009. We flew to Montreal as the start of ourmotorcycle tour of the Appalachians

Our ultimate aim was to tour the Appalachians/Smokies/Blue Ridge Parkway/Pisgah/ending with the Dragons Tail, then head East to Savannah and up the East coast back up to Canada

The Plan: Our plan was to use Montreal as our base where we spent two days acclimatising and looking around the town, and ultimately would return there to fly back out after visiting family

We spent our first 3 nights in B&B at ready to then
collect a hire bike from St Therése just north of Montreal.

We had two options
1. Head North to see our cousins in the Laurentian Mountains for 2 days or
2. Head down South into the States to Lowell MA where Joan Baez will be in concert and see our cousins on our return

In the end we did the latter but missed out on the Joan Baez concert and went to the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge MA instead. See

We then went on tour down to Connecticut to meet with cousins Bernie and Raquel on the beach, then onto the Appalachian Mountains for some sight seeing and walking

Our return journey was somewhat different from the plan - as you will see from the map on the main page and from subsequent entries

The inspiration for our outward route came from Road Trip USA - which I highly recommend for anyone wanting to tour on roads away from the Interstatesb] See

For those of you who have the inclination, time and money read on and take the trip through the Appalachians. It's the trip of a lifetime and you'll not regret it.[

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Photos

The steed - a Honda Goldwing
The flying sofa awaits
.....Please note - this is not my photograph but a stock Honda image - but hey I'm promoting their bike for free (actually not, it's costing a load to hire the thing)

Carol on BeeMer GS
Carol practicing for the trip - clearly not yet excited - but getting there

Comments

[Jenna White]

GOOD LUCK!
Just to say good luck and have a fab time!!! Can't wait to read all about it!! Keep us updated!! Lots of Love Jenna and Stuart xxx

[Ifti]

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Hey Switzy, Didn't you say you were going to take me with you as well? I'm all packed and waiting at the airport.

[Nino]

good luck
I've never met your Carol but - are you sure you haven't teamed up with Suzi Quatro? Bye the way - greetings from Calabria.

[Sian]

Are you enjoying yourself?
Carol could of at least smiled when this photo was taken and looked like she's enjoying herself! lol. Looks like one interesting trip though...looking forward to hearing the escapades as and when they happen! Happy riding xxx