Week 5 - One Ongoing Journey Continues
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A journey concludes
31 days on the road. I had ridden 6,000+ miles from Florida to Newfoundland and back. I traveled through two countries. I had the motorcycle on the Auto Train. I went back to my beginnings and rode through Brooklyn, NY. I took 7 ferries, two of which were overnight. I went through 4 Canadian Provinces and about 14 US States. Lots of roads were traveled, through cities, towns, villages and a wide array of landscapes. I connected with many interesting people and their cool stories. A full range of weather, road conditions, and accompanying emotions were experienced. It was a rich wonderful experience!
One Ongoing Journey Continues
Two great journeys completed this year. Part 1 - 50 days at 50 years old across the US. Part 2 - the Newfound Man goes back to the beginning and then to Newfoundland. Almost 18,000 miles ridden on these two journeys. I’ve had the feeling of having “arrived” and yet there’s always the need to keep going, traveling, exploring, and evolving. The journey is more than traveling through time and space. It’s more than going places. It’s an endeavor of the soul. Whether I’m physically on the road or metaphysically. Where the “One Journey” takes me next, well that’s something I’ll have to contemplate and let happen. One ongoing Journey continues.
“Nothing behind me, everything ahead of me, as is ever so on the road.”
Day 29 - Waynesville, NC to Fontana Village. Backroads, Lake Logan Road completing yesterday's loop and back on the Blue Ridge Parkway heading south. Riding to the end of the BRP by Cherokee, NC and the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, then south stopping in Bryson City for lunch. Connecting with Moonshiner 28 to Fontana and finally riding Deals Gap into Tennessee and back to Fontana Village, NC for the night.
Day 30 - Fontana Village, NC to Lake City, Florida. A last ride on the Moonshiner 28, Topoco Road, and 129, then through Georgia and I75 through downtown Atlanta, and back into Florida.
Day 31 – The last day of riding to get Home - Lake City, Florida to Boca Raton, FL.