The NER Paver at Madawaska Four Corners Park

Madawaska is one of the four corners for the SCMA Four Corner Tour.  The Post Office is of critical importance in this great tour and to honor those Long Distance riders, Joe LaChance was instrumental in building the Madawaska Four Corners Park.

The New England Riders is represented at the park thru donations made by our members. Our paver is  right in front of the fountain and on center.  If I recall correctly, our paver was laid down before the park officially opened, making it one of the initial pavers at the park.

NER Meet and Greet - 05 04 2012

This morning we all convened on 21 Church St in West Boylston for the annual NER Meet and Greet. There were many new faces and lots of old faces and as a guess there were 80 or so riders. Anyone can be a NER (New England Rider) since we are a loosely knit group of riders that frequent a particular forum on Delphi. I also saw faces from the FJR Forum and the MTF (Motorcycle Tourer's Forum).

We left our place about 10:30 and picked up a USA place on the way.

The Meet and Greet was just around the corner. We got there a bit early as people were just arriving

Ken was on the grill working so fast the he blurred the picture. Even the new Nikon couldn't keep up

GoldWingBob was  preppy the front end with the condiments and chips

Bonnie, GoldWingBob's wife was also on the prep line

Magilla takes care of the For Sale section. Each year at the M&G people bring their motorcycle gear they want to unload and sell. Magilla had alot of stuff this year, so he was doing more tagging versus directing this year.

Pat was getting a kick out of the prices Magilla was putting on his stuff. Pat has to be one of the top SS1K guys around.

Here's MeAsWe doing one of her famous bird calls as Sandi watches

The first batch of dogs get put out. Ken did an outstanding job on the dogs.

The feast begins. See any familiar faces out there.

Mike making an announcement saying let there be Cake. GoldWingBob retired this week, the lucky dog.

Some very good friends Alan and Jan

Second generation NERS with the compulsory salute from OSJ. To the left of OSJ is PCChevy, to the right is Shadowrunner and his wife Char. That's WorcesterBill in the orange (FRJ rider). Michele is in the blue and Roger in the foreground with the gray hair.

My GoTo guy (who does all the maintenance work on the FJR). Also a very good friend, Bill and Denise. Looking for minor work to be done on your bike, you can't find a better person. Try Trinity Auto in Whitinsville MA. Does cars too !! 

We moved the party outdoors.

The riders we lining up to go for a little romp around central MA and then head for ice cream. Getting lined up for the run.

EasyEd getting ready to lead the group.

We were headed out to pick up a National Park, couple BBQ joints and some USA towns, however MeAsWe was feeling not so great, so we headed home. Gotta make sure she is in good shape for next week. We picked up one last USA town right down the street from us.

See ya on the road next weekend.

Annie Get Your Buns - New England Style

We met Giff at his garage, right before 1pm. Temps in the mid 50's and we are headed out for Hot Dog Annie's

This is the stage. Annie's is an area icon. Relatively cheap (1.20 a dog with everything) (everything being mustard, relish and onion) I think we got 4 dogs with 2 drinks and it came to just over $9.





Some of the props.



The Cast of Characters

































The Resons Why (not the one in the blue leather either) (he just happened to be in the way)







Perfect March Day

Defiant at Fort Ticonderoga

Today we slept in til about 8:30 and joined the NERds at breakfast downstairs at Wingate. Having slept in, everybody was just finishing and getting ready to take off on various prepared rides. While I felt like we might miss out on something, I wanted to grab some historic sites and be able to stop when and where we wanted, so riding solo has it benefits as well.

After breakfast MeAsWe was not feeling great, so I settled in with the TV set to a motorcycle theme. Paul Sr and Paul Jr we having a bike build off for Cadillac. I watched this for about 2 hours and then a reality prison show came on. I decided that MeAsWe had had enough rest and it was time to go out riding. She rolled off the bed and put her riding clothes on and we headed out for a short ride.

Headed up Route 9N for some of the locations EasyEd had put together as scenic places. Passed this place in Bolton and had too turn around to add to my collection of diners. This is a Worcester Lunch Car diner. You can tell by the barrel roof and porcelin sides.



Stopped for a scenic shot of Lake George



On the list was a must see Mount Defiance that overlooks Fort Ticonderoga. The road up to the mount lived up to its name; however we were more defiant than the road. Actually we had been warned about the road of potholes, but the warnings proved to be worse than the actual ride. From up here one had a beautiful view of the Lake Champlain.



Two cannons placed by the British on the top of this mountain we enough to for the Americans to withdraw from both Fort Ticonderoga and Fort Independence. I want to know how they got the cannons up there with out being detected.





Fort Ticonderoga was a big disappointment due to the hefty entrance fee of $15. While maybe I understand the need to charge a fee, such a steep one kept us away. I did manage to get a couple of pictures from the barricade.





From here we headed for the infamous Tracey Rd NY County Road 6. The ride on CR7 to CR6 was just as nice. Tracey Rd was washed out in places from hurricane Irene, so we kept our speeds to a conservative pace. This is a short stretch of road, about 7 miles long. Tracey Rd dumps out onto RT 9 and headed back to the Wingate for dinner and called it a day.