After not doing a ride last year, I've decided to try to kick things up a notch. I've realized at 52 I might not get the chance to ride across the Northern Tier route all in one summer in my life time. In an effort to seize the day I'm trying to get at least a month off work and ride from Portland, Maine to...Niagra Falls and then down to Pittsburgh and finishing up in Columbus Ohio. I, of course, can't ride a preplanned route. I'm making my own route to which I've planned most of the first two weeks.