Ride for Water 2012

Ride for Water Follow Up

Ride for Water Follow Up It has been a couple weeks since we coasted down the boat ramp in Bar Harbor, dipped our front wheels and finished our coast-to-coast ride. We spent a day in the Acadia National Park area, had our lobster, and drove back...

Day 71 – August 13 – Camden, ME to Bar Harbor, ME – 84 Miles

We did it! It was foggy and cool for our 7:00 AM start from Camden. Like all our days so far in Maine we had yet to see the sunshine, this morning was not an exception. Forecasts called for clearing today. We had hoped to make...

Day 70 – August 12 – Brunswick, ME to Camden, ME – 61 Miles

Today we were going to try to get to a location where our ride to Bar Harbor would involve relatively low mileage. Belfast would have been ideal. I already had some doubts about making it to Belfast given the issue we discover last evening with...

Day 69 – August 11 – Fryeburg, ME to Brunswick, ME – 78 Miles

Rain was forecast again for today. There was heavy overcast, it was cool and there was no rain. A check of the radar showed no showers in the area. We got our start at 8:00. Our goal for the day was Brunswick. It would put...

Day 68 – August 10 – North Woodstock, NH to Fryeburg, ME – 46 Miles

Today Ride for Water lived up to its name, well sort of. We could actually call today, “Ride in Water.” We woke to a steady rainfall, lightning and thunder in North Woodstock. By 9:30 the rain had stopped and it looked clear enough to start....

Day 67 – August 9 – Sharon, VT to North Woodstock, NH – 65 Miles

Today turned out to be a big challenge and significant accomplishment. We woke at 6:00 and were on the road at 7:00. We stopped for coffee, juice and homemade donuts at the Sharon General Store. We were climbing the grade outside of Sharon by 7:30. ...

Ride for Water 2012

Ride for Water Follow Up

Day 71 – August 13 – Camden, ME to Bar Harbor, ME – 84 Miles

Day 70 – August 12 – Brunswick, ME to Camden, ME – 61 Miles

Day 69 – August 11 – Fryeburg, ME to Brunswick, ME – 78 Miles

Day 68 – August 10 – North Woodstock, NH to Fryeburg, ME – 46 Miles

Day 67 – August 9 – Sharon, VT to North Woodstock, NH – 65 Miles

Day 66 – August 8 – Middlebury, VT to Sharon, VT – 60 Miles

Day 65 – August 7 – Ticonderoga, NY to Middlebury, VT – 26 Miles

Day 64 – August 6 – Blue Mountain Lake, NY to Ticonderoga, NY – 73 Miles

Day 63 – August 5 – Boonville, NY to Blue Mountain Lake– 63 Miles