It should be fairly evident (even from my limited posts, not to mention to anyone who has talked to me on the phone or seen me in person, or taken a look at my Flickr account) that I completed my transcontinental bike-trip and visited my friends in both NYC and Boston. What should be less obvious, but still attainable, is that I returned to Redmond. (My dad left a car in Vermont at my Aunt and Uncle’s place and flew back for my cousin’s wedding. I drove this car, with my and my dad’s gear back in five days on the fumes of my trip budget.) I missed Megan and felt a little bit uninspired by the prospect of starting out in NYC (expensive, too many Yankees fans).
So now I’m back in Redmond, learning to live with someone for the first time, and trying to scrap together a part-time living so that I can write, do some game design, and teach ESL.
For consistency’s sake I thought I had better finish out the day-by-day mileage log for my trip:
Wednesday, September 30th, 2009 (89.2 miles)
Mattawa
Deux Rivieres
Bissett Creek
Stonecliffe
Mackey
Rolphton
Point Alexander
Deep River
Chalk River
Petawawa (Pine Grove RV Park)
Thursday, October 1st, 2009 (93.3 miles)
Petawawa
Pembroke
Renfrew
Stewartville
Panmure
(field a few miles south of Ottawa 10 on Ottawa 3)
Friday, October 2nd, 2009 (45.0 miles)
Kemptville
Spencerville
Prescott (Bridgewater Inn)
Saturday, October 3rd, 2009 (43.9 miles)
Prescott, Ontario
ENTER NEW YORK STATE, ENTER UNITED STATES (Prescott-Johnston Bridge closed to bikes and peds, boo!)
Ogdensburg, NY
Flackville
Canton
Pierrepont
Colton
South Colton
(Higley Flow State Park, Closed)
Sunday, October 4th, 2009 (78.2 miles)
Higley Flow State Park
South Colton
Tupper Lake
Sararac Lake
Lake Placid
(Wilmington Gap State Park)
Free Breakfast at Tupper Lake-Main Street Restaurant!
Monday, October 5th, 2009 (37.3 miles)
Wilmington Notch
Wilmington
Jay
Au Sable Forks
Clintonville
Keeseville
Ausable Chasm
Port Kent
cross Lake Champlain via ferry
ENTER VERMONT
Burlington, VT (Ho-Hum Motel on Route 7)
Tuesday, October 6, 2009 (76.8)
Burlington
Williston
Richmond
Waterbury
Montpelier
Plainfield
Marshfield
Danville
(grassy highway interchange west of St. Johnsbury, I-91 & I-93 & US-2)
Wednesday, October 7th, 2009 (31.1 miles)
outside St. Johnsbury
St. Johnsbury
ENTER NEW HAMPSHIRE
Lancaster, NH (Motor Inn)
Thursday, October 8th, 2009 (52.3 miles)
Lancaster
Gorham
ENTER MAINE
Gilead, ME
Bethel
Neary
(Stonybrook Campground)
Friday, October 9th, 2009 (44.6 miles)
Stonybrook Campground
Hanover
Rumford
Mexico
Dixfield
Wilton
Dryden
Farmington (Colonial Motor Inn)
Saturday, October 10, 2009 (74.6 miles)
Farmington
New Sharon
Mercer
Norridgewock
Skowhegan
Canaan
Palmyra
Newport
Carmel
Hermon (Wheeler Stream Campground)
Sunday, October 11, 2009 (60.7 miles)
Hermon
Bangor
Holden
Ellsworth
Bar Harbor
Acadia National Park (Blackwoods Campground)
Monday, October 12, 2009 (62.9 miles)
Acadia National Park
Bar Harbor
Ellsworth
Orland
Bucksport
Verona Island
Searsport
Belfast (Gull Motel)
Tuesday, October 13, 2009 (59.9 miles)
Belfast
Camden
Rockport
Rockland
Thomaston
Warren
Waldoboro
Nobleboro
Newcastle
(Pioneer Motel)
Wednesday, October 14, 2009 (52.8 miles)
Pioneer Motel
Woolwich
Bath
Brunswick
Freeport
Falmouth
Portland
Scarborough (Downeaster Motel)
Thursday, October 15, 2009 (65.3 miles)
Scarborough
Saco
Biddeford
Alfred
Sawford
ENTER NEW HAMPSHIRE
Rochester, NH
Northwoods
(Northwood Meadow State Park)
Friday, October 16, 2009 (72.6 miles)
Northwood Meadow State Park
Epsom
Concord
Henniker
Hillsborough
Keene (Best Western during Pumpkin Festival….crazy)
Saturday, October 17, 2009 (44.4 miles)
Keene
ENTER VERMONT
Brattleboro, VT
Jacksonville
West Halifax (Aunt Laura and Uncle Barry’s)
- Total Mileage: 4,453 minimum (calculation of all daily mileage minus one I forgot to record), 4,709 maximum (this includes “about town mileage”), the real mileage directly toward the trip was probably in the 4,550 range.
- Total Days: 60