DAY 16 JUNE 17, 2013

Left the motel this morning and got right back on route 2 headed for New York and the Adirondack Mountains. Vermont's state motto is Green Mountain State and it surely fits this part of the state. We rode for hours with the road wandering over and around the Vermont mountains covered with trees so thick you can't see 100 feet into the forest. Every so often you would come upon a quaint New England town always located along a river or lake. As soon as we crossed into New York stopped for lunch at a small outdoor café.

We soon found ourselves in the Adirondacks on Route 8 along the southern third of the mountain range. Our typical afternoon rain shower looked imminent so we suited up in rain gear and rode under cloudy skies past lakes, rivers, and forests. The state of New York has some incredible beauty and this area has to be at the top of the list.

Eventually the sun came out and we found ourselves in a pretty good rain under sunny skies. I should have known this would happen based on what the radio had been playing earlier in the day:

Someone told me long ago
There's a calm before the storm,
I know
It's been comin for some time.

When it's over, so they say,
It'll rain a sunny day,
I know
Shinin down like water.

I want to know, have you ever seen the rain
I want to know, have you ever seen the rain
Comin down on a sunny day
John Fogerty
Eventually the rain stopped the road dried out and we ended up in Syracuse for the night, another good day.