{"id":28,"date":"2016-09-06T21:46:24","date_gmt":"2016-09-07T01:46:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nadeo.ca\/daniel\/blog\/?p=28"},"modified":"2018-05-07T13:51:13","modified_gmt":"2018-05-07T17:51:13","slug":"lazy-highways","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nadeo.ca\/daniel\/blog\/2016\/09\/06\/lazy-highways\/","title":{"rendered":"Lazy highways"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Campsite<\/a>
My first campsite<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I love camping. It’s so simple. It’s pretty cool to carry a little home neatly packed in a small space in the luggage. Quick set up, do a bit of the nightly clean up ritual, a time to relax and write, then off to bed in a cozy little temporary space I can call home for the night. Wake up, prayers & meditation, clean up, pack & I’m off… It’s so simple and easy!<\/p>\n

Today was a lazy day. I took my time at breakfast to do some budgeting and some planning for the next few days. I’m thinking of going to ride the Skyline Drive<\/a> and the Blue Ridge Parkway<\/a>. From what I read online, they look awesome! A perfect way to enjoy the motorcycle experience. It’s quite a way down South, so I better take the interstate highways to get there. By the time I hit the road, it’s 10:30AM: I better get moving!<\/p>\n

\"Motorcycle<\/a>
Long, straight highways<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Man! The highways are long and straight and busy. Definitely not as fun as the back roads, but it’s a different experience. There’s usually a lot more landscape to see as they are most often higher than the back roads in this part of the country. Also, there are a lot more services available to motorists on these big interstate roads, so I tend to stop a lot, and sometimes, I stop for a little too long.<\/p>\n

\"A<\/a>
A little taste of home<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I found a little bit of home today on one of these stops: a Tim Hortons! The doughnut tastes quite different than back home, but the coffee is the same. I definitely took a little too long on that break. My butt is taking a beating these days!<\/p>\n

\"Motorcycle<\/a>
A rest stop<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

While I was looking for another place to take a moment to check on the road ahead, I found signs to a restaurant called Vincent’s Italian Restaurant & Pizza in Afton, NY; I just had to eat there! Pizza was good and the service was awesome! I must remember that everything is huge here…<\/p>\n

\"Vincent's<\/a>
Vincent’s Italian Restaurent and Pizza in Afton, NY<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

After that delicious and very filling meal, I head back onto the highway to go as far as I can before I must camp for the night. I usually plan to start looking for a campsite about an hour before sundown so I have time to set up camp and relax a little. This time, I found a place called Camp-a-While. It’s next to the highway, but it’ll do for tonight. No other tent campers tonight, so it should be nice and quiet. As I set up the tent, I bang on my thumb while hammering a pick with a stone and I cut its tip open. Not that bad, but dang! Oh well, better get the first aid kit out: I’m prepared!<\/p>\n

Well, I have another long road ahead before I get to the parkways so I’m off to bed. I look forward to more exploration tomorrow!<\/p>\n

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\"Daniel<\/a>
Arriving in Pennsylvania<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Map\"<\/a>
Day 2: Lake George, NY to Hegins, PA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I love camping. It’s so simple. It’s pretty cool to carry a little home neatly packed in a small space in the luggage. Quick set up, do a bit of the nightly clean up ritual, a time to relax and write, then off to bed in a cozy little temporary space I can call home […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nadeo.ca\/daniel\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nadeo.ca\/daniel\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nadeo.ca\/daniel\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nadeo.ca\/daniel\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nadeo.ca\/daniel\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.nadeo.ca\/daniel\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":459,"href":"https:\/\/www.nadeo.ca\/daniel\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28\/revisions\/459"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nadeo.ca\/daniel\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nadeo.ca\/daniel\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nadeo.ca\/daniel\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}