2016_New England + Colorado
NOT a bike-trip this time,
but a snoop around the far north-eastern US, following the Appalachian Trail from the New York State border to its origin near the Canadian border.
A short loop through Quebec, followed by the Maine coast and a few days in the Rockies/ Colorado on the home-leg back to Oz.
It had all started with a travel-yarn in a German bike-mag in the late '70s.
Split into various threads, here are the links to all the parts, in their chronological order --->
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General travel notes:
Checking on Uncle Sam....travel notes, beer and aspen-gold
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Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire....backroads, bike-roads and National Parks
Peaks + Perks....New England (US) picture book
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A short loop into Quebec, a ferry trip across the St. Lawrence....and some weird + wonderful discoveries along the way.
A Touch Of Quebec (Canada)
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From a failed attempt at "The Golden Road" to a fantastic day around Mt. Kathadin (the northern end of the Appalachian Trail), a truly stumping morning at the Acadia National Park and this whole sorry/ soggy lobster business...
.....and a glorious 40min sunset
Lobster-Tales (Maine, US)
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...and all the above before it's finally into the Rockies. As we were convinced that New England and Quebec were impossible to beat...Colorado had it stacked high+wide!! OMFG!!!
A World Of Its Own...Colorado + The Rockies
Cracker roads!!
Vistas to die for
Brews to taste and cherish!
KLR's growing out of the pavement-cracks
Beaut-looking wildlife
It simply bowls you over!!
Don't even think about the Black Canyon of the Gunnison
...or the weird Sand Dunes at 8000ft above sea level ...and at the foot of some 11.000ft snow-mountains.
It's just
TOO-BLOODY-MUCH!!
String it all together via some little gems like the upper reaches of the Rio Grande or the Powderhorn Valley and there are tears of joy.