9/26 – Bar Harbor

Scott: As most of you have guessed by now, we have arrived in Bar Harbor. Woohoo! I, for one, am really glad to be done. These last 2 weeks in New England have been really, really tough. Lots and lots of climbing on really steep hills.We’ve been in Bar Harbor for 2 days. Yesterday, we rode the carriage paths of Acadia NP with our new-found friends Bill and Laurel. Today, we packed up the tandem and gear and sent it all home. Tomorrow we have a long day of travel via shuttle, bus, taxi and train to NY, NY. Here are the final numbers of our adventure. Wow! In a few days, we will post once more with our final thoughts.

Weekly Totals  Mileage Climbage
Week 1  Anacortes, WA – Tonasket, WA – 272.04 mi – 13051 ft
Week 2 Tonasket, WA – Sandpoint, ID – 231.86 mi – 12765 ft
Week 3  Sandpoint, ID – Avalanche CG, Glacier NP – 308.24 mi – 12044 ft
Week 4  Avalanche CG, Glacier NP –  Chester, MT – 267.45 mi – 10702 ft
Week 5  Chester, MT – Circle, MT – 346.93 mi – 5640 ft
Week 6 Circle, MT – Gackle, ND – 400.44 mi – 9767 ft
Week 7 Gackle, ND – Pennington, MN – 325.79 mi – 5198 ft
Week 8  Pennington, MN – Cumberland, WI – 361.97 mi – 6390 ft
Week 9  Cumberland, WI – Escanaba, MI – 349.05 mi – 9701 ft
Week 10 Escanaba, MI –  Interlachen, MI – 331.31 mi – 7543 ft
Week 11  Interlachen, MI – Yale, MI – 281.70 mi – 4875 ft
Week 12 Yale, MI – Holley, NY – 394.78 mi – 4296 ft
Week 13 Holley, NY – Rochester, VT – 391.42 mi – 17708 ft
Week 14 Rochester, VT – Bar Harbor – 360.75 mi – 19620 ft

Final Talley
98 total days
87 ride days
11 rest days
4623.73 total miles
139300 ft total elevation
330.27 mi/wk
47.18 mi/day (including rest days)
53.15 mi/day (excluding rest days)

When in Maine, decadently eat lobster and savor the moment. Dahling.

Oh, and eat other Maine goodies too. Like oyster stew and wild blueberry pie.

It’s cold but we love our trip and each other.

Ahhh, the Maine coastline……

The end or our journey in Bar Harbor.

Hooray, yippee, yay, woohoo, yowza, yubba-dubba-doo.