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Here we go again....


Well it is that time of the year, when I like to jump on the bike and go rambling... This time I decided to explore around the Northeast... My son Ryan, bought a new house in Rhode Island and wants to build a wood fence.  So I am going up to help out... My planned route is below, and includes stays in Roanoke VA, Scranton PA, and near Burlington Vermont... It should be fun, even in a crazy year like 2020...  I will work out how to get home after I get there... On the way back I would like to visit my Niece in DC...

I have noticed that my packing skills are much more efficient this time. I guess even I live and learn... I am always a little apprehensive when starting one of these trips... I have learned to not let the worries get to me, just go and adapt as needed... 

The reason I wanted to go to Vermont and New Hampshire along the way, is those two states are two of the four I have not been to... The last two are North Dakota and Alaska... I have always heard it is a cool drive up to Alaska... But man, that is a long way...

The total miles for this trip is less than half the trip out west, but 2200 miles is nothing to sneeze at... The weather forecast are very good with only one day of rain probable... Lots of overcast skies so I am taking a most important item.... long johns... ;-) 

Nancy is going to fly up to Rhode Island like she did in Oklahoma. It will be a fun time with Leah, Ryan and the boys... Ryan and I have have worked on fences before while he was growing up... There was one around the pool area that had to be replace twice in the 20 years we were there... We are both looking forward to doing this together... 

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