PACTour Eastern Mts - Day 16 "Final Destination"
No rain. Until boxing up the bikes, natch! We rolled out of beautiful North Conway after our group photo at 7am sharp. Easy rollers up to Kennebunkport, ME (Bush Country that is) for lunch. Then up the coast with several glimpses of the Sea to our Final Destination - Portland, Me. We had the bikes 80% boxed before the last of Hurricane Bill's rain started to dump on us. Quick recovery into the motel, all good.
Lots of fun and a little drama for the last day. Spartaca and I got tangled up when I sat up to point our "Potter Bridge Road" to her. Using our bike hangling daft skills, we stayed upright and she only banged her knee hard on the bars. Distracted her pain from her Achilles so that was a good thing.
Our Australian frend, Andrew Puddy, has personally restored order to the United States and possibly global economy thru his use of Chamois Butter. It streams out the back of his shorts during the ride and leaves a mark on the lunch benches. Course, my sweating leaves a similar mark - so you just have to wait a few minutes and if the mark goes away its mine, if it persists it is Andrews.
Our last Austrialian jargon was received today, just in the nick of time. Lebowski hit lunch and "spat the dummy." (That means he packed it in, or decided enough is enough. A dummy being Australian for a pacifier) He and BV rode in together in the lunch truck, giving them a little personal PACTour time for the day!!
Funniest comment of the day went to Klaus. He is german, so obviously highly intelligent. I had led our small group most of the way to lunch (I kinda knew the roads around there.) The way had been a bit confusing, but we got there without any difficulty. Klaus said "you are a great navigator, we will stay with you after lunch to the hotel." Ha! 5-10 u-turns and redirections later we did indeed arrive at the hotel, maybe a little different course than the route card had plotted.
Anyways, wonderful trip as always. If you ever have any inkling to sign up for a PACTour, just do it, you won't be disappointed.
Off to the celebratory banquet, Lobster!!!!
I'll think of some vignettes to throw at you all over the next couple of days, hope you have enjoyed listening to our adventure. We have appreciated all of the support and encouragement from home, thank you!!
Lots of fun and a little drama for the last day. Spartaca and I got tangled up when I sat up to point our "Potter Bridge Road" to her. Using our bike hangling daft skills, we stayed upright and she only banged her knee hard on the bars. Distracted her pain from her Achilles so that was a good thing.
Our Australian frend, Andrew Puddy, has personally restored order to the United States and possibly global economy thru his use of Chamois Butter. It streams out the back of his shorts during the ride and leaves a mark on the lunch benches. Course, my sweating leaves a similar mark - so you just have to wait a few minutes and if the mark goes away its mine, if it persists it is Andrews.
Our last Austrialian jargon was received today, just in the nick of time. Lebowski hit lunch and "spat the dummy." (That means he packed it in, or decided enough is enough. A dummy being Australian for a pacifier) He and BV rode in together in the lunch truck, giving them a little personal PACTour time for the day!!
Funniest comment of the day went to Klaus. He is german, so obviously highly intelligent. I had led our small group most of the way to lunch (I kinda knew the roads around there.) The way had been a bit confusing, but we got there without any difficulty. Klaus said "you are a great navigator, we will stay with you after lunch to the hotel." Ha! 5-10 u-turns and redirections later we did indeed arrive at the hotel, maybe a little different course than the route card had plotted.
Anyways, wonderful trip as always. If you ever have any inkling to sign up for a PACTour, just do it, you won't be disappointed.
Off to the celebratory banquet, Lobster!!!!
I'll think of some vignettes to throw at you all over the next couple of days, hope you have enjoyed listening to our adventure. We have appreciated all of the support and encouragement from home, thank you!!
posted by Bicycle Heaven at
2:23 PM
3 Comments:
Hey
nice blog.I am a friend of Joe from NYC
I usually do the desert camp.looked like a great trip .
We have had a ton of rain in the N.E.all spring and summer. Again nice blog
John olsen
staten island
Yummy Yummy Lobster!!!
Obviously, you all must be very special. Good on ya!
i am so happy you guys are coming home. can't wait to hear all the stories that didn't make the blog. since i was there for a while, i know they exisit. jen, jim, craig, jorito and jon ... i am proud of you all. every one of you have something special to be proud of. i wish circumstances would have allowed me to finish... but i got enough of a taste to know i will return. thanks for finding the energy to blog daily. thanks slaus for sending me little "side texts" to make me smile. thanks for dedicating a stage to ken's recovery. thanks for taking care of my gear and my lovely cervelo while i was away. thanks jen for keeping me motivated to get back on the bike. now, be safety on the way home!!!!
love you guys!
kimchi
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