Friday - Lake George, NY to Home - 343 miles

Got up to a very wet campsite, and started organizing things a bit for the ride home. First I wanted to head up to Roaring Brook Ranch to see if I could get a ride on a Guzzi 1200 Sport. I had originally planned demo'ing the Yamaha FJR1300, but when I went by their booth last night they didn't have any out. I didn't want to take the chance on waiting for that ride, and possibly missing out on the Guzzi.

A fellow camper, Art, came by to chat for a bit while I was getting the bike ready. He rode up from Florida on his K1200GT on his way to Nova Scotia, and wanted to stay at Americade for a few days. Unfortunately for him they didn't have any campsites left for Friday or Saturday night. No problem, says I, you can have mine. I'm paid up until Sunday since that's when I originally planned to stay until. He was very grateful, and insisted on paying me for the site. We split the difference and I accepted $20.

Rode up in the damp to RBR, and was in line for Guzzi at 7:45. Put my name down for a 9am ride on the 1200 Sport, and wandered around RBR for a while. Stole some more electricity to charge the camera's battery.

BMW ready to go out for the 8am demo

Love the Pop-mobile fairing on that MP3

To read about the demo rides, click here.

It had rained hard in Lake George while we were on our demo ride, we only got some sprinkles. All the 10am demos were cancelled, so back to the campsite to pack up for the ride home. As soon as I got my (wet) tent packed up Art came by with his tent to take its place. I didn't get on the road until 11:30.

Art and his tent

Pure slab for most of the ride home. Northway to the NY Thruway, then onto I-287 in NJ and down to the Turnpike. Exit 2 and onto back roads to the house, pulled in the driveway around 6:15pm. Long, boring, hot ride, only made tolerable by listening to music along the way.

Bored

Nearly home