Are you familiar with the show Orange County Choppers? It's a show on the Discovery channel about a father and son duo that builds custom motorcycles. A motorcycle trip around the country would not be complete without checking out some custom choppers. The OCC headquarters is just 70 miles north of NYC in Newburgh, NY. I decided to stop by on my way to Boston. After fighting NYC and New Jersey traffic, I arrive at OCC headquarters, which on TV appears to be an impressively large building. In reality it's much smaller, and I was a little disappointed. The motorcycles they have built and are on display, however, are much more impressive in person. You just can't get a true appreciation for the detail, and craftsmanship on these bikes seeing them on television. Truly impressive pieces of machinery. I left OCC with awe at the magic of television, and the skill the custom chopper builders have.
I rode on into Connecticut, and quickly was awed again. This time at how much rain can come down in one day. The skies opened quickly, and with another scary, blind, soaking drive I made it to an exit on the highway to wait out the weather. After hours of hoping for the sun to muscle through the clouds, and checking radar and seeing that it wouldn't, I got a hotel. No Boston today.
The next day I woke up to sunshine, and finished off the 111 miles I had left to my friend Colleen's apartment in Boston. Well, Cambridge. I felt wicked smaht as I drove through Harvard Square down Mass Ave. to Cambridge. Colleen quickly whisked us off to annual pub crawl that happened to be on the Saturday I got there. Sunday we went to her friend's surprise birthday party, and I relaxed Monday and Tuesday.
It's now Wednesday and I'm departing shortly for a short trip to New Hampshire to see my family!
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