The Map is Not the Territory: A Northern Maine Adventure

[grahamfitter]

Any trip with an introduction like this...

The whole idea began with doing the ride on a craigslist KLR... but we started talking ourselves up into something nicer, maybe a Vstrom or a Versys. At lunch one day we went to the Beemer shop and threw a leg over an F800GS. That sealed the deal for both of us. It was the bike for this trip.

Oh, I should probably mention at this point I had never ridden a motorcycle.

... gets my attention. Looks like a great trip and chances are I'll read the rest of your trip later rather than continuing writing about my own.

BTW me and my KLR are just across the border in Lowell if you fancy a less epic ride sometime!

[xjman88]

Hey the waterfall on the first page is the same one my boys and I found on our trip up to Moose river 3 weeks ago. Im glad I'm rereading your trip report. Its some beautiful country up there. Glad to see we explore the same areas. Thanks for the report.

[junkyddog11]

Cool trip. I've spent much time up in that neck of the woods doing just the same thing.........
I've seen your rig around town (I live in Portsmouth). I'm sure you've seen any one of my well used Land Rovers around (those Alders take a toll over a few decades of braille driving). Funny that I could recognize quite a few of those roads. Probably stopped in the same spots to photo.

[epicxcrider]

Nice!! U do love it up there, hope to be heading back up in a month

[AA1PR]

Look forward to more updates in the future

I spent an hour & 1/2 in the middle of the night & another hour now just to finish up this thread, amazing writeup & photos

Awesome adventure

[landcruiser40th]

thanx for the great read.
on my list of stops.

mike

[cbs]

Thank you for posting such a great trip report. I plan on leaving Sunday to head into Main and after enjoying your pics and story telling, I have decided to follow some of your southern route (Aziscohos lake to tim pond rd to goldbrook rd to Jackman ME) Unfortunately the GF can only take so much time in the woods so to appease her will have to cut the offroad section short and make a B-line to Bar Harbor.

[rolliges]

Incredible journey.

[chevyz71]

great Trip guys... I been driving few dirt roads yuo guys mentioned at NH. You guys think I would be able to drive on a silverado, 3 lifted and 33 M/T ??? is my expedition truck..

really happy to see some new england trip, so far most of the post over here, are from the south west...cheers.

[xjman88]

We have a lot of places to wheel and explore here in the northeast.