We Made It

We rode coast to coast!  On Friday September 21, we rolled to the coast in Portland Maine.  Needless to say we were pretty happy we completed this segment of our journey.  I had mixed feelings, feeling proud & elated for our  accomplishment and on the other hand it was just another day of cycling.  That's how we did it, one day at a time of pedaling.  We had a great week leading up to the final feat. After we left our friends in New Hampshire we stayed the night in a great family owned motel in Ossipee, NH and got a van pickup to the notorious barbecue on the corner of 25 & 16 with the giant pig.  We could have made it to Portland the next day but decided to spend the next day at my cousin's "camp" cottage on Bickerford Pond (also thought of as a lake) in Maine just across the border from NH.  We only pedaled 17 miles, so we were able to take advantage of a great fall afternoon and kayak on the pond, it was awesome, so peaceful and tranquil.  The next day we headed to Portland, since we were not in a hurry stopped in a East Coast phenomenon "Dunken Donuts" ( they are every where) and met a retired principle and his wife who wished we could spend the night with them and talk more about our trip.  With all the awful things we read and hear about in this world, this reminds us of all the wonderful people out there that we don't hear about.  This weekend we have been hanging out and celebrating with our friends in Portland and even got a kayak paddle in yesterday.  Tomorrow we start the next segment of the trip - south to Florida!