camden maine, august 11,the ocean!!

 

so….here we are! on the verge of completing this adventure. I’m about 60 mi south of bar harbor, by road, about 15 mi by ocean. so I am just hanging out and doing the tourist thing. checking out the scenery and trying to keep from being run over by other tourists! route 1 is a busy and crumbling road. I’m constantly dodging pot holes and cracks, all the while I’m warching for great pictures of the sea and looking for cheap lobster and campgrounds. The same as everyone else!! have had a pretty hard ride since middlebury! the rains came and I got seperated from the rest of the gang. roads were closed and there was some question about continuing. well I forged ahead and the group stayed behind….I had a couple of long days . big steep climbs and a lack of services forced me further ahead. I rode an 87 mi, then a 95 mi to stay ahead of the rain and into the few available campgrounds. today I’m just lazy and may ride 30-40 mi looking at scenery and hoping the rains hold off till I find a cheap state park campground. I paid 37.50 for a tent site last night. but was 100 yrds from the ocean with a clear brook running right along the tent. swimming pool and hot showers with laundry services are high up my priority list!! will be heading for bar harbor in a day or two and want to go off shore to an Isle or two if I have an opportunity. will be heading home ,(hopefully) over the weekend!!