Kittery Point, ME to Dunstable, MA $16 :: mocha, lunch, dinner 77.98 mi :: 6.27 hr :: 31.5 mph :: 12.0 mph :: 6461 mi Portsmouth is a nice town – attractive and stylish (including the women). I have a delicious mocha and a guy comes up with a Rhodesian Ridgeback. At 8 months old,…

York Beach, ME to Kittery Point, ME $8 :: coffee, ice cream, snacks 10.12 mi :: 1.58 hr :: 23.5 mph :: 5.1 mph :: 6383 mi I have a nice breakfast of eggs, bacon, cinnamon-raisin toast that Lorraine makes. We take pictures and they watch me ride off. I’m getting very familiar with the…

Update August 2020: An email arrived from Nick Scott: I read an old blog here that you once visited Ernie Fiske, and saw the pipe organ he was building. Ernie has since passed and I rescued that organ from being dumped. Do you happen to have any old pictures of that organ? Thanks Unfortunately I…

Camden, ME to Orrs Island, ME $19 :: BF, grocs, lunch 68.07 mi :: 6.16 hr :: 34.1 mph :: 10.8 mph :: 6274 mi Busy day. Up early, I split the campground. Rode to Waldsboro, by which time I was very hungry. Moody’s Diner took care of me with a good, cheap breakfast. My…

Mount Desert Island, ME to Camden, ME $25 :: BF, lunch, ice cream, beer, Drum 78.45 mi :: 6.29 hr :: 34.0 mph :: 12.0 mph :: 6206 mi Didn’t see Mr. Ranger on my way off the island. Had a good breakfast at a place with a pretty, smiling waitress. I skip the side…

Mount Desert Island, ME to Mount Desert Island, ME $39 :: BF, coffee, bike stuff, lunch 48.34 mi :: 4.56 hr :: 37.6 mph :: 9.7 mph :: 6128 mi I spend the day discovering Acadia National Park. But first a look around Bar Harbor and a BIG buffet breakfast. Alas, it begins to rain.…

Waldboro, ME to Mount Desert Island, ME $15 :: BF, lunch 105.7 mi :: 8.44 hr :: 36.9 mph :: 12.0 mph :: 6079 mi My first glimpse of the Atlantic comes at Rockport. A peek through the trees, a small bay, never a vast expanse. Maine makes the world feel small, everything you see…

Lovell, ME to Waldboro, ME $19 :: BF, lunch, lunch 2, ice cream 101.6 mi :: 8.07 hr :: 41.6 mph :: 12.5 mph :: 5974 mi Hungry by the time I reach Norway for breakfast. Accents! My waitress speaks softly, but with a strong accent. I guess it’s a Maine accent, I’ll see. I…

Lincoln, NH to Lovell, ME $7 :: lunch, ice cream 52.58 mi :: 4.38 hr :: 32.6 mph :: 11.2 mph :: 5872 mi Rained all night. When I wake it has let up, but clouds still loom low. I discover I have lost some food to a chiseler, and I angrily throw rocks at…

Orford, NH to Lincoln, NH $38 :: lunch, movie, caves, grocs 45.45 mi :: 4.40 hr :: 34.3 mph :: 9.6 mph :: 5820 mi I’m ready to go early, so Lee, Vic, and I say our goodbyes and I take off. It has rained all night and is now mist and rain. Since New…