Rolling out of Eire, PA we headed north along the Lake Erie coast on Route 5
(The Seaway Trail, an American Byway Seaway Trail, an American Byway). We made an assumption that this part of our motorcycle vacation would be along the coast. It was a great ride in good weather, for a change, but the road is not directly on the coast so that was a bit disappointing. For the most part you only see Lake Eire a few times.
Along Route 5 we stopped at several locations including a couple
lighthouses. The one thing that really surprised me was the amount of vineyards along the road. There was miles upon miles of grape vines, thousands of acres. This day’s ride, along route 5, has been our best, so far, for this year’s motorcycle vacation.
After a few hours we riding the motorcycle through the cool mid-morning we decided to take a side trip over to Gowanda Harley Davidson. Talk about being in the middle of know where, this is one of the most remote Harley dealerships we have been.
Riding out from that dealership I set the GPS to take us to Buffalo Harley Davidson. Unlike the past, the last update to the “infotainment system” seems 
to have fixed the problem of the GPS not quite finding the dealerships but, there are still some problems like the road showing up in Lake Erie. If you follow me on FaceBook you know I collect the dealership pins but Buffalo HD was sold out, dang!
After we checked into the hotel, and clocking 900 miles, we decided to ride down to the American side of the falls. BIG MISTAKE…not to check the 
weather radar. About half way to the falls we could see rain in the distance and it was very clearly a heavy rain. Turning around at the first opportunity, we made a run back to the hotel…. LOL we did not make it. Quite well soaked we stopped under an overpass to wait out the storm. I am very happy that the hotel has a laundry.
After dinner we tried it again…this time we had no rain and had a good time at the falls. Tomorrow we are going to travel to the Canadian side and check out the sites. I know for a fact that we will be getting wet again tomorrow, we plan on taking the boat ride to under the falls!
Today we started the second leg of our 2017 motorcycle vacation. If you missed the first day’s wrap up you can check out 
About three damp, dreary hours later we arrived at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, OH. After spending about 2 hours walking thorough the very cool exhibits and videos we began getting weather alerts on our phones. Based on the projections we decided we had time to grab lunch at the hall before hitting the road. The hall has a small café (the entire facility is smaller then what I expected) that has three separate food preparation stations each with a menu from a famous chief, although I did not know any of 
One thing of surprising interest to me was that there were 2 motorcycles on display plus pictures of rock stars on bikes were scattered throughout the hall. One of the motorcycles is a custom trike from the Elvis Presley collection and one owned by John Mellencamp. 
Shortly after crossing into WV you head into the Appalachian Mountains. These mountain roads are some twisty fun for a motorcycle! Swooping around turns, quick climbs and steep descents (up to a 9% grade) with spectacular views from the mountain tops and rolling farmland in the valleys make this a route, in my opinion, as much fun as any of the roads around the Tail of the Dragon. By the way I dragged the floorboards of the bike a few times without even trying!
I had forgotten that Route 50 passed into Maryland for a few miles so today we traveled in 4 states. When we left Maryland and rode the motorcycle back into WV Route 50 also became the 
We did make a side trip to Cairo … I am still taking my wife to all the 
There are two groups of motorcycle riders who participate in Rolling Thunder. Those that go to the Pentagon (the starting point for the parade) and those that do not go to the Pentagon. That second group seems to always be nearly identical in size to those that go to the Pentagon. This group typically rides into the city and then parks along the parade route to watch the motorcycle pass by.
I JUST WANT 2 RIDE!! 