East Coast Greenway Ride

  After leaving New Hampshire and entering Maine, lobster rolls came up on the menu for lunch.  A stop at a well-stocked grocery with a kitchen in the back gave us chance to choose from a list of lobster dishes.  Being a purist, I had the traditional lobster roll and it was scrumptious!! When we arrived at the KOA at the northwestern tip of Mt. Desert Isle the tide was out but the views were magnificent.  A gorgeous sunset soon followed. The next day we began riding the carriage trails on the Bar Harbor side of Mt Desert Isle with a temp of around 50 degrees. Jordan Pond and Eagle lake were two sights we rode by. Here Randy and Beth check the map while the steps to Nirvana were just behind them.  😄 We arrived at Jordon Pond House at the eastern end of Jordon pond just in time for lunch.  Popovers and various Lobster dishes fortified us.     We continued riding the carriage trails and eventually rode into Bar Harbor.  At one intersection we ...

Beth, Sandy, and I arrived at the Me and Ollies cafe for breakfast 10 years ago on the last day of our ride across America.  In another 20 miles, we would be dipping our front wheels into the Atlantic Ocean. The town of Exeter was settled in 1638 one of four towns in New Hampshire.  The townhouse once located near the present one was the site of the New Hampshire Declaration of Independence in 1776.  Today Lady Justice graces the top of the townhouse cupola. The Sea Dog brewery was once a textile mill on the Squamscott River.  There were several mills and dams on the river that generated the huge textile industry.  In 2016, the last dam on the river was removed allowing the river to flow freely for the first time in 369 years! The back deck of the Sea Dog Brewery was a relaxing place to enjoy a Blueberry Ale with blueberries!  The beer exuded antioxidants! A young bald eagle was fishing further downstream with a blue heron along with the seagulls. On our se...