Shark Week IV in New England/Maine?
How about a 2014 Shark Week IV in the White Mountains of Maine and NH? I'm thinking sometime around mid-September. The summer tourists who throw up rolling road blocks driving their motor homes at 24 mph across some of the greatest roads in the Northeast are gone by then. The buses full of blue hair leaf-peapers are still a couple weeks away, so the hotels usually offer a shoulder season (cheaper) rate. A trip into NH to ride up Mt. Washington would be a spectacular day trip, and there are tons of curvy mountain roads (check out Kancamangus Highway) to keep you riding and smiling. Sept. weather is day time temps in the mid-70s to low 80s with low humidity and cool/crisp evenings.
Another option would be the upper coast of Maine. Acadia National Park, plenty of 2 lane country roads, fresh lobsters and other seafood ... a day trip into the Maritime Provinces, etc. But again, to make it affordable it would probably have to be in Sept.
Because of my work schedule I can't do this by myself, but would be happy to work with a couple other members from Maine or NH to put this together if there was enough interest?
How about a 2014 Shark Week IV in the White Mountains of Maine and NH? I'm thinking sometime around mid-September. The summer tourists who throw up rolling road blocks driving their motor homes at 24 mph across some of the greatest roads in the Northeast are gone by then. The buses full of blue hair leaf-peapers are still a couple weeks away, so the hotels usually offer a shoulder season (cheaper) rate. A trip into NH to ride up Mt. Washington would be a spectacular day trip, and there are tons of curvy mountain roads (check out Kancamangus Highway) to keep you riding and smiling. Sept. weather is day time temps in the mid-70s to low 80s with low humidity and cool/crisp evenings.
Another option would be the upper coast of Maine. Acadia National Park, plenty of 2 lane country roads, fresh lobsters and other seafood ... a day trip into the Maritime Provinces, etc. But again, to make it affordable it would probably have to be in Sept.
Because of my work schedule I can't do this by myself, but would be happy to work with a couple other members from Maine or NH to put this together if there was enough interest?