Bar Harbor at Last

Russ Collected License Plates
From Each State

Atlantic Ocean

We don't know whether to be happy or sad.  Happy because we traveled 3971 miles, 11 states and Canada and all arrived safely or sad because we are saying goodbye to our new-found cycling friends.  The other day we said that we should have had a camera crew film us as a reality show because our adventures were more entertaining than "Duck Dynesty" with our different personalities and biking shenanigans.

August 12 - 62 miles to Ellsworth.  We booked a hotel so that we could pack our shipping boxes and dry our tents.  Then we went out to celebrate at a Lobster House.  We stuffed ourselves on Lobster and celebrated our accomplishment.  During the day Russ and Susie stopped to visit Fort Knox and to go to the top of the Penobscot Narrows Bridge.  Cheryl and I continued on to the hotel to take a nap.  We are all tired of the hills.

August 13 - 21 miles into Bar Harbor.  We all got up early and bikes as a group into Bar Harbor.  Put our wheels in the Atlantic and then toasted with wine and chocolate and went out to breakfast one last time.  We got our boxes and bikes out to be shipped that afternoon because a thunderstorm is in the forecast.  Russ and I have 3 days before we fly back home so we plan on doing some sightseeing in Arcadia.  This is a really touristy area, a lot of tourist and things are expensive.  After camping and ruffing it for two and a half months, it seems rather strange. As we look back on this adventure, we realize what a great time we had and how fortunate we were to travel with such nice people.  It was an adventure of a lifetime!