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06-09-2018, 05:50 AM | #1 |
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Northern route and the road to dearborn
I am on the road to Dearborn and decided to do the section of the northern Route 2 that I did not do in September. Staying mostly off the highway I left at 4:30am on Thursday and took the interstate for about a half hour where I headed east on secondary roads until I picked up Route 1 in Portsmouth NH. From there I drove route 1 up into Maine until I reached Acadia.
It was not as challenging as the Pacific coast but there was more traffic. I reached Acadia National Park and got s campsite for the night. The next morning I drove around Acadia and to the top of Cadillac Mountain. I had breakfast and then headed out towards Bangor to pick up Route 2. Once out of Bangor it was a fairly leisurely drive through farm land to the White Mountains of NH. I arrived just in time to drive the auto road to the top of Mount Washington. That is quite an adventure I could write a book on. Needless to say flatheads do not like long continuous climbs. I overheated before 2000 feet and could see the trail of water behind me. There was a pull off with running water so I poured some over the radiator to cool it down and was able to take the cap off and refill it. Only took a gallon to top off. After that it was first gear at 10 to 12 mph. Still stopped two more times but it did not overheat. I made it to the top and only had a few minutes before they told us we needed to head back down. I drove down in first gear using the brakes sparingly. I did not exceed 20 at any time mostly under 15. I use my GPS as a speedometer so I have pretty accurate numbers. I did not smell my brakes and they still worked so there's that. On my ascent at the first stop a family came down on a mini van and the brakes were smoking. He insisted he was in low gear but I wonder. Anyway found a cheap hotel and walked down the street to a bar/restaurant to eat. The hostess asked if I wanted to sit at the bar and I said yes if there are a couple of locals I can bother. She pointed me in the right direction as the guy next to me has a 21 roadster he has owned for 50 years. He bought it form Page's Model A which you old timers will remember. All for now. Got to get going.
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06-09-2018, 06:58 AM | #2 |
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Re: Northern route and the road to dearborn
Frank: did you take any pictures from the top of the mountain?, sounds like a fun trip.
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06-09-2018, 07:55 AM | #3 |
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Re: Northern route and the road to dearborn
Yeah, but I have trouble posting here. There's a few on facebook.
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06-09-2018, 08:18 AM | #4 |
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Re: Northern route and the road to dearborn
Knowing Frank he'll make friends in every town. Have a safe trip Frank. Tom
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06-09-2018, 09:18 PM | #5 |
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I got a little over 400 miles tomorrow. Keeping my fingers crossed.
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