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2012 Harley Trip - Day 6

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Day 6, as planned started early and it turned out that was a very good idea.

We checked out of our hotel around 6:00 AM, packed up the bike and headed out. The traffic in Toronto starts surprisingly early. As we headed west the traffic subsided somewhat and we're able to make some pretty good time.

As we neared the London area the traffic reported a closed freeway, luckily we exited onto the 402 before it impacted us. So far, so good. But not so fast.

Next thing we know, we're entering Sarnia and the Blue Water Bridge at around 9:30 AM. We changed our money back to US currency, paid our bridge toll and headed onto the bridge.

We made it over and got in line, of course I picked the WORST line. It seemed like for every two or three cars that moved on either side only one would move in ours. But that is just the beginning. It was now almost 10:00 and it was really starting to heat up. The bike was getting very hot and that back cylinder was really making things unpleasant for me. I now know why the newer models have a rear cylinder deactivate.

So we finally made it up to the booth, answered all the questions and thought we were on our way...not so fast...we were "randomly selected" for inspection. We were pulled aside and had to wait for further Customs review. In our case, we had to wait about 30 minutes and basically answer the same questions and fill out a form. All told we spent just about an hour at the border.

It's now 10:30 and it is really starting to get hot. We got back on the bike and headed home. It was smooth sailing from there and we made it home around 11:30.

We logged over 1000 miles in two countries and two states.

Another great adventure comes to a close.

2012 Harley Trip - Day 4

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Day 4 was a day of transition. We started out the day in the countryside of New York and ended the day in a completely opposite environment, the metroplex that is Toronto.

Our ride was very smooth and well timed to avoid most traffic until we got to the exit for Toronto. In addition to the delays in Toronto, the border crossing took almost 30 minutes, hopefully the crossing on the way home will be smoother.

We arrived at our hotel around 2:00 and spent the rest of the day touring the Yorkville area of Toronto. We toured the Bata Shoe Museum, grabbed some dinner, walked around and started planning our Wednesday.

Tomorrow, we are going to take in as much of Toronto as we can.