Timberline Adventures Cycling Odyssey

Thursday, August 6, 2015

Final Day, Acadia National Park!

5:24 am, Sunrise on Cadillac Mountain, Acadia, NP

Dedicated sunrise enthusiasts capture the first rays on the US Eastern Seaboard

Odyssey Team Timberline, 2015

Belfast to Bar Harbor, ME - 66 miles

Bar Harbor, we made it! Woo Hoo!

Bob, Beth, and Larry savoring the moment. CONGRATULATIONS!

Celebration dinner. Beth, Bob, Larry, Tom, Howard, Oliver and Julie

Celebrating with a lemon cake -- Larry's favorite

Wilton to Belfast, ME - 81 miles

Larry's favorite encounter with logging trucks... Parked by the side of the road!

Unfortunately, we'll miss the festival, though we did have the opportunity to feast on blueberry pie at dinner.

how about a cool walk in the grass?

Colebrook, NH to Wilton, ME - 81 miles

Andover Road, Roxbury Notch, Dixville Notch were some of the notable climbs of the day. Miles left to Bar Harbor, 147

Newport, VT to Colebrook, NH - 55 miles

so close we can almost smell the lobster! Three more days of riding (229 miles) till we dip our front tires into the Atlantic Ocean!

Nearly bumping the Canada border yet again in Norton, VT

One night in New Hampshire then onward and eastward to Maine!

Swanton to Newport, VT - 61 miles

Although signs suggest he might spot a moose, and that he definitely will run out of pavement, Oliver pedals onward... and upward!

A famous climb (in theory) near Jay Peak, between Richford and Troy. However, road construction made this dirt road a bit rough on the descent.

A ride-in van stop. Just fill 'er up and go!

Montreal, QC to Swanton, VT - 69 miles

Crossing Lake Champlain from New York into Vermont via the Korean War Veterans Memorial Bridge

Handiwork of an apple gatherer in Rouses Point, NY our first town after crossing the Canada and US border

A brilliant array of giant mariigolds, xinnias and sunflowers are set against a gray-sky backdrop.