Catching up

Lobster! Yum, yum.

Relaxing along Wilson Lake.


What a wonderful place to stay in NH!

Sorry for the gap in posting. The trip has now been completed, so will post about the last week and then add a post about my reflections of the whole experience. The above picture was a glorious Grand Hotel and one of the wonderful places we stayed over the course of the 8 weeks on the road.
The weather for the last week was truly wonderful and the terrain was quite hilly with quite a few "rollers". Some of these rollers had a grade of 11-14%. There is a saying in New England, that says, "you can't get there from here" due to the water everywhere, But, when it comes to hills, they go straight up, without any curves or any sort of relief. The rides have moderated in length, but the scenery and undulations have increased from the central parts of the trip, as Maine is lush and green. We are still staying a back roads and avaiding traffic and more populated regions. We crossed the Applachian Trail and saw several hikers who had been hiking for many days.
I continue to be amazed how well people are getting along and supporting and encouraging each other. Dinners are still two hour dinners, but the groups at tables are different every night. Lobsters have become a focus and we had the option to choose lobsters several of the last 4 nights, including Young's Lobster Pound, see above.
We have traveled through a lot of states and two proviences and when I finished my ride on the nest to the last day, I was in China....ME and the group ended in Belfast....ME. Either way it was nice to be able to see the Atlantic Ocean.