I’m heading back to Quebec and New England to do a fall color ride for the first time in that area. I’m meeting Jean-Francois in Quebec where we’re starting since the colors are already beginning to turn there and then move a little further south to Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont before heading back home.
I’m taking a different route north this time since I think I’ve seen enough of Little Rock and Tennessee for the time being. I’m going up through Oklahoma to cut across Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana and cross the border at Port Huron, Michigan/Sarnia, Ontario. From Sarnia I will go to Toronto so I can ride along the north coast of Lake Ontario and then follow the St. Lawrence Seaway until I have to cut east around Montreal.
I’ve located locks on the St. Lawrence and plan to stop and see them in hopes ships may be in them being raised or lowered. I want to see the Eisenhower and Snell Locks on the US side and the Beauharnois in Canada so I will be crossing back into the US in New York from Ontario and then back into Quebec. The border patrol will probably wonder what I’m up to, but it’s the only route I could figure out to see more than one lock.
Leaf peeping will start in Quebec north of Montreal and then progress south with the goals of camping and photography. Temperatures have recently cooled there, so it will be the first time I’ve seen and felt a real “fall” in a long time.
My departure has been delayed since I didn’t want to ride into the back side of the remnants of Hermine as it’s moving north. Judging from the amount of rain it dumped in the Dallas area, I don’t think it would be a very motorcycle friendly storm to ride through. I hope to make the 2000 mile ride to Quebec in 4 days, but since I want to see the St. Lawrence on a nice day it may take a little longer.
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