Month: October 2015

We had 3 lovely but very different meals today. We cycled round the scenic island of Islesboro which we went to by ferry. We had lunch at the First Baptist Church Community lunch and their musical group played ‘Waltzing Matilda’ in honour of us. Tonight we had an amazing Italian feast at 40 Paper. The … Continue reading Islesboro and fine food

After a late breakfast we went for a short ride around Castine, which was founded in 1613. The Maine Maritime Academy with 850 students is situated here. We lunched in Belfast and strolled along the harbour. We arrived in Camden in the afternoon and then went for a sunset cruise on a schooner. One of … Continue reading Maine

An early start was hard, but the day to follow was fabulous. We rode the Park Loop Road in the Arcadia National Park. Although the hills were tough, the scenery made up for it. Only one of our group, Tom, rode to the top of Cadillac Mountain. The rest of us elected to go up … Continue reading A Great Day

Yesterday we woke up at 4:30am to watch the Rugby League Grand Final. We were thrilled that the Cowboys won in dramatic style. After that we were picked up for our Maine’s Gold Coast bike tour. Once we arrived in Bar Harbor it was onto the bikes and into Arcadia National Park to ride on … Continue reading Bar Harbor

Last year Patsy told us about the Kancamagus Highway and the book we borrowed from her described it as thrilling. When we mentioned to Paul and Katie we were doing it. They didn’t know where we meant at first, as we were pronouncing it wrongly. It is Kan-ca-ma-gus, Kanc for short. And it is magnificent! … Continue reading The Kanc!

The Flume Gorge is just up the road from where we are staying so we started the day with that. We met another Canberra couple on the walk. The lack of colour disappointed us but, as two days ago it poured, the waterfalls did not. When we took the aerial tramway up to Cannon Mountain … Continue reading Leaf Peeping

Today was fabulous. We drove along some scenic byways and continually exclaimed at the beautiful colours we were seeing. We also found some covered bridges and waterfalls. Lunch ended up being Ben and Jerry’s ice-cream as they had nothing else and the Rock of Ages didn’t do hot dogs today as the weather was too … Continue reading Seeing Red

Today it poured all day but luckily we were meeting Leigh, our tour guide on the Sojourn bike tour at the beginning of our holiday. We met in Middlebury, Vermont at the, appropriately named for the day, Storm Café. Leigh’s son was married on the weekend so we heard all about that. Leigh was really keen … Continue reading Leigh