Northeast or Bust; Day 5

When we left the lodge this morning it was 50 degrees and raining lightly.  A beautiful morning for a ride?  Chris and I put on our new heated jacket liners with rain gear over that.  Chris actually turned her heat on and was quite toasty.  I was toasty without plugging mine in.

We rode north to the end of Skyline Drive at Front Royal, VA.  From there we took off for Washington D.C. and our fearless leader, Bill, actually took us on a route through D.C. that provided us views of the Lincoln Memorial, the Washington Monument,DSCN7955 (2)and the Jefferson Memorial.DSCN7957 (2)

By this time the rain had stopped and it had warmed up into the high 60’s and low 70’s, but it was still cloudy.  We stopped at a gas station in D.C. for fuel and we shed our rain gear.

From D.C. we crossed the Chesapeake Bay into Maryland on Hwy 50 . . . . . . .DSCN7963 (2)and we had lunch at the Ram’s Head Shore House in Stevensville, MD.  Chris, Jamie and I all had a small bowl of their lobster bisque soup and it was LARRAPIN good.  Chris and I split an order of their shrimp and grits that also contained peppers, onions, tomatoes and chorizo sausage.  This was also in the LARRAPIN category.

Bill lead us to Hwy 301 that took us north and we rode through Philadelphia at 4:00.  There was mucho traffic which made for some tense riding.

After 307 miles we stopped for the day at a Holiday Inn Express in Quakertown, PA.  Our high temperature today was 72.  After a dip in the pool we called it a night.

Chris fell in love with her heated jacket liner today.  She continued to wear it when it was 68 degrees.  I almost had to force her to take it off. 

For pictures from today click on the following link: https://goo.gl/photos/7c1sRgjsH94asfky6

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