Fairfield Inn By Marriott Youngstown-Poland

Made it through Pennsylvania by dinnertime...staying in Youngstown, Ohio ad doing Math with Mara, bathtime with girlies...off to Indianapolis tomorrow. We'll stay there with my friend Laura. Song of the Day...Lovegame..you should see Dessa dance to this one. A total crackup.

... showing the coming storms for the afternoon. I rode alone and was in long before the luggage made it so I went swimming in the indoor pool ( lots of them in these northern hotels) the water had to be 85 or better it was like a hot tub! It is strange that today was a light day we only climbed 4,000 feet and the mileage was only 93. Before the trip that would have been an epic! Almost time for route rap, and dinner!

Erie, Pa today. I enjoy the ride out on the Presque Isle Peninsula. Took the scenic boat tour and went out into the lake. The last time I went, it was too rough to go out on the lake, so we stayed in the bay. I found the bay ride to be more interesting than today's tour. I ...

I judged this place too quickly. It is a nice campground, just not where I'm parked. Apparently, this area right by the lake is where the locals come to play on the weekend. I walked around a couple miles or so and still didn’t see all of the camping area. Lots of wooded and quiet areas with ************e around.

I went to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ...

What a crazy place I picked to stay for the next 3 days! I really wasn't expecting to find it in the first place because there are no signs along the road anywhere. The first sign was right by the driveway. This place is mostly an open field with hundreds of campers and tents with at least 3-4 kids per unit ...

This is about a trip that hasn't happened yet. About August of 2009 I will ride my BMW k75 from home (Cortland, Ohio) to Connecticut and then upward to Maine and then down the east coast to Florida. Connecticut to vist the Mystic Seaport Museum which I haven't seen since about 1959, Main just because and Florida to visit oldest daughter and grandkids. I may stop off somewhere to visit an aircraft carrier if I can find one.

... to make multiple choices within each country. One word made the whole decision much easier...motorcycle... There has always been something uniquely enchanting about the last few days before a big trip. The anticipation of adventure and freshness is the ultimate deterrence from the mundane-like academic finals for example (as this very blog confirms). It's nearly impossible to avoid the recurring daydreams and hypothetical scenarios of what is come ...

... woman as when we returned from North Carolina. Decided to press on beyond Pittsburgh as it was still light and we enjoyed the Allegheny Mountain terrain if not the tight traffic situations. Once again our CAA triptik disappointed us in not reporting the service centres that were closed and construction activity. We had a great coupon for the Best Western at Grove City and stopped there before dinner at the Elephant and Castle pub across the road.

Well its seems that I am finally ready to go. Barring any other surprises like weather and root canals I am leaving tomorrow. Since I haven't heard from any of my friends or they are busy I am heading straight to St. Louis to start my trip down Route 66. I will be updating things every chance I get internet.

Over the summer we have been working hard preparing our presentations, getting the necessary paperwork together, and trying to make sure that we tie together all the loose ends that one encounters when preparing for a 28-day trip to another country. Every ...