Just a quick update as we are heading out in just a few minutes.
Can't believe we are almost at the end. After a couple of nights at the Middlebury Inn we stayed at a cyclist B & B in Sharon, at a friend of Jake's in Thetford, and a hostel in Conway, NH. Finding campsites has gotten more difficult as there are fewer of them and this is the high season for central/western NH and Maine. We will stay in campgrounds for three nights in Maine and then at a hotel in Bar Harbor for two nights. We did a bit of climbing yesterday going over the Kinsman Ridge and then the Kancamagus Highway in an 80 mile day. It was the most climbing we've done since the Rockies.
For logistical reasons we are having to give up Lubec as a final destination. It was proving too complicated to find a way back home from there. As Bar Harbor is the official stopping place for the Adventure Cycling Northern Tier route, we feel ok about ending there.
As many of you may have discovered, the Paypal button on this blog site does not currently allow you to make a donation. Our application is still pending with the IRS for our tax exempt status and Paypal won't let us take donations until we have that number. Therefore we will be conducting our fundraising in reverse - having completed the trip first, and then asking for donations after. We are hoping that folks will still be feeling generous when our fundraising letter arrives.
Hope you are all well and enjoying the second half of your summer.
Take care,
Rob & Jake
Jake, who is that beautiful girl sitting on your dad's trike. If that is not your girlfriend she should be.
ReplyDeleteI am your old friend you and your father met at the ferry in Port Angeles.
Forrest Daniel