Join Mark Colwell and me as we make quick tracks to North Carolina to ride some of the best made-for-riding roads anywhere, including the famous Tail of the Dragon at Deal's Gap, North Carolina. October 3, 2009 - October 16, 2009. Let the games begin ....

Monday, October 19, 2009

Home again, home again, jiggity jig


Last day on the road. The sky in Maine was as clear and blue - no sign of a cloud until Houlton - as I've ever seen a sky. Glorious. The temperature was 7ish - the same as the day before but I couldn't seem to get comfortable. I figure it was psychological, knowing I was so close to home and would be warm then.

Orono is about 10 miles from Bangor and has a nice little bike shop, 'Friend & Friend', that Mark wanted to check out. The photo is of me trying on a Stars & Stripes doo rag. ps - does this jacket make me look FAT?! Probably, it's the 5 layers I had on under it.

Arrived home around 3:30 with 6286.6 kms on the odo; 3906.4 miles for the non-canadian speaking readers. Speaking of which, I had intended to mention the bilingual signage in Maine. Coming into Maine from NH, some of the mileage signs are in miles AND kilometers! That's right neighbourly of you Maine-iacs ;-)

Thanks for riding along with us. It's too bad about the sketchy internet access. "Do you have WiFi?" was always the second question after "How much?" when we checked into motels. And I spent a fair amount of time at the Roxboro Public Library.

Regarding photos, I have them on my computer. Just have to do some editing for quality and quantity (started with around 500 photos) and get them to Smugmug. They'll be here: North Carolina by the weekend, I hope. This is a pretty full week for me.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Susan Montague said...
Mary Ellen: No, this jacket does not make you look fat! It's a practical necessity given what you've been doing. I finally had a chance to sit down and read through the saga today. You really do have quite a lively and engaging style. I still think a book should be forthcoming. Glad you made it home safely, even if it is hard to stay in one place any more. Susan M.

October 18, 2009 12:59 PM