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TOBACCO COUNTRY?

On a bike you don't need or want super highways, the two lane country roads are perfect. This is a quiet road through Connecticut and to my surprise it was tobacco country. 

I was not expecting tobacco this far north. I learned later that most of these leaves were used in cigar making for the outside wrapping. We have a preconceived notion of what places are like until we actually visit. 

This mode of travel allows you to see and feel everything. Name a state I have traveled through and I remember the terrain, bugs, accents, food, climate, smells and the people. 

I have driven across country several times. I ate the same foods in the same service plazas, passed through cities and gaged the size by the number of exits. The only people I did meet were at gas stops fueling up like me. 

Coast to coast the freeways looks the same. However, the pace on a bike and the need to camp and eat puts me in touch with people and places in a very special way.