Carmel Rubin poses on her Kawasaki outside the Capital Judicial Center on Friday in Augusta.

Carmel Rubin has a ThinLine Ride sticker on her Kawasaki motorcycle.

Carmel Rubin rides her Kawasaki outside the Capital Judicial Center on Friday in Augusta. She'd just left her going away party and will soon be starting on 14 months of traveling.

Carmel Rubin, 50, of Bowdoinham, poses on her Kawasaki motorcycle outside the Capital Judicial Center on Friday in Augusta where she had just left her going away party.