Starting Point: Andover, ME
Ending Point: Sunday River Ski Area, ME
Via: South Andover, Rumford Point, Hanover and Newry.
Mileage: 22.8
Time: 2:06
Mph: 10.8
Terrain: mercifully gentle
Temperature High: 68
Temperature Low: 62
Lunch: peanut butter and jelly sandwiches
Dinner: macaroni and cheese and French fries
Weather: sunny, dry, nice breeze
Lodging: Grand Summit Hotel
Cumulative Mileage: 1,504
Miles to Go: about 261
Projected Distance: 1,765
Percent Completed: 85%
This was a day that was meant to be short in distance to facilitate a good rest period before starting the actual Trek Across Maine on Friday. The weather was absolutely gorgeous; it was the kind of bright, crisp, clear and cool day that makes the Maine summer such a wondrous thing. Not only was the weather a phenomenally wonderful part of the day, but the terrain was made up of very gently rolling hills. The worst hill was the one going from Sunday River Road up to the hotel itself. It’s called Grand Summit for a reason.
From now until Friday morning at 7:30, I’ll be organizing what things I’ll carry on the bike, what things can get packed away with the trailer and won’t be needed until I ride back to Brunswick starting Sunday, and what things need to be accessible when I’m staying in the dorms at UMF and Colby.
Other than that it is going to be a true rest time.
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