We finally figured out how we are getting home. We are flying from Bar Harbor to Walla Walla; stopping at Boston, Newark, and Seattle, on Tuesday August 8. I really wanted to take Amtrak but scheduling was impossible to manage unless we had known our departure date long ago. Also, unfortunately, Amtrak is not quite as bike friendly as they could be. Sorry Kim, we can’t stop in Indianapolis, and also, sorry Georgene, until now I thought we still might be able to stop and see you.
We left Holderness with the thought of what the Big Fella had told us about the roads, and sure enough, a big orange New Hampshire DOT truck came by and flashed his lights at us. We waved back. Since we know when we are leaving, our plan is now to arrive in Bar Harbor on Friday instead of Thursday. When we stopped in Conway we stopped at the library and asked a woman out in the flowers weeding if there was any good place to eat. ‘Really the only place close’, she said, ‘is Bea’s’, and she pointed down the street. We stopped at Bea’s and ordered lunch. I had my first lobster roll of this trip, and with cole slaw and pickled beets. It was good and so was Randy’s lunch of chicken sandwich and an egg salad sandwich. It was good, so good in fact we decided to stop for the night just so we can eat at Bea’s again. the waitress pointed out a place down the road where we could stay. This trip is about meeting people, the bike, the physical challenge, and the Food.