The days are passing and so is the summer. As life would have it, some issues have garnered my attention and delayed the planned departure (via motorcycle) for the New England coast and Canada temporarily; but that situation is about to change.
My plan had been to leave around the first of this June, head east to Virginia Beach, turn north for Atlantic City and proceed to Connecticut and Rhode Island (to complete the “50” states of union); and finish the trip off by prowling the Maritime Provinces of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland followed by Labrador and Quebec before returning to Michigan. There are still “issues” of concern, but that’s just life and one can’t let that slow one down (at least not to a crawl or a complete stop).
Having said that, I’m still here as are those damned “issues”; it was May when I started this post and just today, after taking a second look at the map, I realized that it’s a long ways to Newfoundland and even further to Labrador. Also, as an interesting side note – did you know that Labrador City is just west of Greenland and about the same distance from Nunavut (the northern most territory of Canada)? Kind of intimidating even too me (and I’m not easily intimidated).
Clearly, I’ve wasted precious time and as a result I’m already getting “cold feet”(pun intended).
One thing for sure, the planned trek will be reversed – Canada first before turning south for New England (to avoid potential weather concerns). Perhaps (I thought) I should buy a map or two and actually do some planning; therefore, I ordered a Labrador map through Amazon for rush delivery tomorrow. At issue, of course, is the question of paved roads. I’ll get back to you once the map arrives and study it for a bit.
