Once we were ready to hit the road, I decided I was going to lead. Once back out on I-84 it was just a couple of miles before we crossed the Delaware River and were in New York. I took the first ramp, turned south off the ramp, traveled less than 1/2 mile and was in New Jersey. A strip mall there was a convenient place for us to turn around and head back up to I-84.
We continued on through New York. The Catskills are very pretty and sometimes take you by surprise as you round and corner and see another vista. We pulled into a rest park for a mid-morning break and some picture taking.
David was having a problem with the cover for his master cylinder, it was leaking brake fluid, not much but it was a concern. Danbury, Connecticut has a Harley dealer so we headed there.
He bought a new cover and we looked over (drooled over) some of the bikes on the show room. I sat on a beautiful red with gold flames 2008 CVO Road King with only 2300 miles. It fit good but the price was definitely pricey - $25,000. So no new bike for me just yet.
Our next stop was to be New Haven where we had read about a hamburger joint reputed to be the founder of the hamburger. I led us down the rural highway 34 which ran along a beautiful river most of the way. Once in New Haven with its many many one-way streets and not being able to turn when we wanted and having to go around blocks and then not finding a good parking spot we finally got to this famous restaurant only find out they didn't have inside dining. We ended up at a local wing place and got wraps and wings. Oh well.
We rode along the coast for a while until it was time to start looking for a place to stay tonight. Everything was booked solid, even the motels/hotels charging $200+ a night. There were two big events in Newport this weekend and motels for miles around were booked. I believed between the three couples we called every major brand possible. At just about 7 when we were starting to get extremely desperate, we passed a small motor inn - not in time to make the turn but we did pull over, David called and we were able to get rooms. Not fancy but the owners are very nice and we did get decent rates. I was surprised this small place has internet but as you can see, we do.
Tomorrow we are headed to Cape Cod. We all agreed tonight that tomorrow we start looking for a room earlier in the day. In fact, David called a place in Hyannis and they are not booked up for tomorrow but we will get a better rate if use the 'walk in' coupon rather than an advance reservation or an internet reservation.
Keeping my fingers crossed for a better day tomorrow.
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