Day 4: New York Was Great

Emma, New York --> Lake Placid, New York

Distance traveled: 320 Miles

When we left Emma, we hopped on Highway 30N as quickly as we could and took off. The road led us through some beautiful landscape. We road through a valley for a while with tall mountains on each side of us, giving us a different perspective than West Virginia.

The road was superb. It was nothing but clean pavement, beautiful landscapes, and little traffic. The ratio between straight aways and curves was perfect. Some fun sections and then we could relax. We just had a great time on the road. We did have one minor incident with the New York Highway Patrol, however...

We passed several lakes, all of them were gorgeous. Most of the shorelines were lined with tall evergreens, making for a nice reflection. Indian lake was the largest and prettiest. I think we would all want to see it again. This isn't a picture of Indian lake, but a "Finger" lake or something, I'm not sure the exact name...

Okay so here's the story. We get into a curvy section and start playing (speeding) and there's a split between us. Bone, Smoke, and Beaver are up front followed by about 200 yards by Rash, myself, Boog, and Pawn Dog. We're riding about 70mph and crest a hill and see a navy blue suburban slam on its brakes (we did too) in order to not pile into us. I notice that it was the NYHP. It dawns on Rash and I that the policeman was intending to pull over our front group ahead of us. So when the Suburban pulls out behind us, we slow down to about 45mph to let the rest of the crew get some distance. After about 3 minutes the NYHP couldn't get around us and pulled off. We fought the law, and we won. Interesting how Rash and I new what was going on, and what to do about it. We were thanked, as we should have been. They didn't even realize they were being chased.

After stopping Smoke was jonesing for a cigar and so some were smoked. Very relaxing after a long day.

We haven't gotten to see all of Lake Placid yet, but it's beautiful from what we can see. We ate an excellent meal tonight, mostly seafood. Here's what we can see...