Today was a pretty good day - we had another late start, but even then, we reached our destination before dark and had time to eat and set up camp. The ride out from Brunswick was immediately hilly, but we got to see a lot of the city last night, which was quite nice (we almost hit this crazy cat that really wanted us to pet it, too).
The scenery was gorgeous, we went through a lot of rolling, hilly farmland as well as mountainy residential spaces with lots of forested piney patches between homes. We had to walk parts of a few hills since we didn't want to burn out too early, and quite honestly that trailer is heaaaavy (especially when you forget to check your tire pressure before heading out!)
(Durham's offerings)
We hit a ton of really small towns (like Durham), and spent a good amount of time searching for water, since it was a pretty hot day and we were working really hard. Twice today did a little gas station filled our bottles with ice water - SO GOOD when you've been chugging warm water all day. We also spent a lot of time trying to find a spot to, you know, get rid of all that water we drank. Sometimes it's a struggle when all you're seeing are private residences and fenced off property.
There was probably a 4-5 mile stretch spent biking along a river, which was nice and flat (i took some video but need to figure out how to get it uploaded with no wifi). It was here that we saw a young bald eagle, right up at the water's edge. It's crazy how big they look with their wingspan fully outstretched!! It was quite a sight to behold.
(A large abandonded building we stopped by)
Today was a bird day for sure - two more roadkill sightings (a blue jay and a sparrow) - as well as a live hummingbird that zipped over to us to say hello while we were taking a short rest stop to stretch.
And lots of steep inclines today, too. We were robbed yet again of some really intense speed by a railroad crossing. We slowed to a stop only to watch a train pulling A SINGLE CAR across the road. What a bummer! I did take some video of us running a decline, so hopefully I can put that up soon, too. Overall, though, we did far more climbing than descending. We're making our way into the White Mountains (and boy do they look beautiful on the horizon - seriously it's like a Bob Ross painting), and should be making it to a major mountain pass in the next two days.
(Checking the map, again)
Hopefully we'll cross the state line tomorrow, too. Maine's roads are just awful and so hard to ride, it'll be nice to have some pavement that isn't half potholes and gravel!
(Crazy motorcycle skulls)
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