Glad you're enjoying it! Lots more to come.


That's where we're headed!

 

Leaving out of West Virginia this morning, our departure was right around the same time the Veterans MC was leaving.

They're headed southwest and we're headed northeast.




It was a bit chilly (62*) but warmed up nicely to the low 80's in the afternoon.


WV has some nice rolling roads with long sweepers.




Eating up some miles in WV.




Some fellow travelers on a great day to be riding!




I think we're above 2000 foot elevation here and we started to see some color changes.




Mary has never been to the Northeast of the US, and the only time I've been is flying into NYC
or DC for business. We are really surprised by how much country there is, and how many trees!

Today we went thru WV, about 100 miles of Maryland, and about 80 miles into PA.





There was smoke everywhere! We saw it above the trees over a mile away. A car had caught fire going up a long hill. They just got it put out as we passed.




When we first started out this morning, we stopped at a Best Buy to get a cable for the camera. They did not have one. We ended up getting a Fuji JX650, practically the same camera we've been using (JX500). It came with a cable, and another battery that are interchangeable with the JX500.

We did not try it out today, will do so tomorrow. It is 16 megapixel instead of 14, so hopefully it has a good lens and the pics may be a bit better.


We stopped at this overlook, was time to change the batteries in the camera and the video camera.

This river flows north and joins up with the Ohio river, and eventually dumps into the Mississippi. The water in this pic will be past our home long before we get back.





Some more color!




We passed into Pennsylvania. Tomorrow we should be off the interstates and onto some secondary roads!



The Tri-Glide has been running great! I am really happy with the 14.

Oh, Mary made a pretty significant mod to it before we left. See if you can pick it out. If you think you spotted it, mention it here in this thread.

 

hmmm, cup holder on the drivers backrest?
You guys do a great job at putting "us not there people" with you!

 

As they say: "You ain't seen nuthin' yet" in terms of color! But! With the color comes cool weather. But the views are worth every degree!

 

Drink is in the pocket of my backrest. Glad you're enjoying it!


Yes, we saw more color today, (Mary was snapping pics like crazy) and anticipate seeing even more over the next few days as we head north.

Rain suits and heated gear are at ready.


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Hint: The mod she did to the TG can be seen in several pics...perhaps the first pic in the thread shows it best.

 

We started out this morning in southeast PA and ended up in northern NY.

Pic of us loading up this morning.




We were still riding the interstates today. Tomorrow, thru most of the rest of the trip, will be secondary roads.

We started seeing some color right off-







In PA the flow of traffic was 75-80 mph, and we were doing around 75 mph when these fellow travelers rode by. Great sounding bike, btw.





Mary started using the new camera today (Fuji JX650). The pics are definitely better, and she liked using it. It also did not use up the battery as quickly as the JX500.

Church steeple poking above the trees.




When we hit New York State, we noticed TWO things right away...

The road is not as smooth, and there were a lot of State Troopers hiding and giving tickets...Oh, and the speed limit is 65 mph, and most everyone is running no more than 70 mph.

We saw more LE in 150 miles of NY, than in the previous 1300 miles combined.

This guy had just finished writing up a ticket.




Somewhere in NY, doing around 70 mph, I heard a new sound, looked around and saw my horn hanging by the wires. Held it up while riding and Mary took a pic....




....rode another 20 miles to an exit and got gas and pulled the wires off the horn.

The road was bumpy, but not that bumpy! lol

This is the 4th 2014 cowbell I've seen broken in the same spot. Don't know if HD switched vendors, or if there was just a bad batch.

It is in the trunk now, and the wires are zip tied up out of the way.





Some more color in NY.





Dinner at the Tilted Kilt after a nice 430 mile ride. Great food and atmosphere!

 

Another great write up ,thanks

How's Mary getting on with the new backrest/armrest set up

 

You got it!

Will post pics later of this mod. But the short of it is, she was not comfortable with the new backrest on the 2014, and the older style was ok, but also not to her liking. She made an entirely new one!

 

Amazing sights today. Stopped a LOT thru the Adirondacks.

No time to do a full report today. May be able to do one tomorrow.

Here's a pic of a stop we made early on in the day.

 

Nice pix and trip report. Looking forward to the rest of the trip. My question is: I noticed a GPS on your handle bar. Back up? Have issues with the HD system? Just curious.