Pedal Pedal Pedal: Day 38 - Belfast, Maine to Bar Harbor, Maine 6-28-2011

Once again the alarm went off at 4:30 and we were packed up and down eating at the continental breakfast by 5:00AM and on the road biking by 5:30. This is our last day as are destination today is at the town pier in Bar Harbor, Maine where we will dip our front tire in the Atlantic Ocean and consider our journey complete.

We started out with cloudy skies but as the morning passed the skies turned blue and we had a very nice but warm ride to Bar Harbor. We had 62.5 miles to go today with moderate hills until we got within 10 miles of Bar Harbor and then we were biking up and down hills all the way to the pier. We took our time today and stopped at a restaurant in Ellsworth and then at the visitor center in Trenton. From there we decided to bike back two miles to the airport where we have a car reserved for Friday to see if it was possible to pick it up on Wednesday vs Friday and also to check the size of the vehicle so we know that the bike will fit in it.

About 4-1/2 miles from Bar Harbor we passed a hotel that had a sign out saying "two people in room for $36.00 per night". So we stopped because it certainly looked like a clean little hotel from the outside. The owner showed us the room which was very nice and clean and we booked it for two nights. Apparently because he is 4 miles from the downtown the only way to get people to stay here is by charging that little. It looks like he is full tonight! The only bad thing about staying here is that the 4 miles to downtown Bar Harbor is all downhill so we really had to pedal hard to get back up here after spending time in Bar Harbor.

We arrived in Bar Harbor around 1:30 and immediately took our bike down to the pier and put it in the water and had some pictures taken. After that we sat on the grass (well John napped on the grass) while I enjoyed the views of the beautiful ocean, sailboats, boats, and a big cruise liner that was docked in the harbor. I could of sat there all day!

After leaving the harbor area we stopped at a grocery store and picked up some food for supper, beer, and diet root beer and we pedaled back to the hotel where we got cleaned up and then sat outside and just went over our journey to get here. What a trip this has been.

Tomorrow we will hopefully be able to pick up our rental car and we will become the regular tourist again who actually travels in a vehicle instead of this strange looking bike on two wheels pulling a one wheel trailer.

In the next couple of days we will be doing a recap of our trip on the blog but right now I am just tired and going to call it a night. Wow, I can hardly believe that I don't have to get up to an alarm clock tomorrow morning - we can sleep in as late as we want. Yup you guessed it - we will probably both be laying wide awake at 5:00AM. lol

Good night all!