We were under both a flood and tornado watch today, and I waited out the day again in Haverhill. The tornado watch has now been lifted and tomorrow’s weather is supposed to be nice, so I plan to leave in the morning for a relatively short (~20 miles) ride to Lyme, NH. My plan is…

I had a quiet day in Haverhill today, no traveling. The Deep Sleep Inn where I am staying is right across the street from what was once a bustling center of commerce and law in the town of Haverhill. The city was on the Coos Turnpike which opened in 1807 and was said to be…

I did no biking or blogging yesterday, 7/13, which was Day 14 of this trip, but spent a good part of the day working with Trudi and my sister Karen to find a place to stay tonight after a ride from Lincoln to Haverhill, NH. Until mid-afternoon yesterday, it looked like I would need to…

I left just after 6 a.m. this morning for the Kancamagus Highway. Forty miles and about eight hours later, I reached Lincoln, NH, on the other side of the Kancamagus Pass. Yes, the climb to the top of the pass, at 2,855 feet, was hard, but not nearly as hard as I had made it…

The “Kanc,” as it is known to locals, refers to the Kancamagus Highway, a 34.5 mile stretch of highway across the White Mountains from Conway to Lincoln, N.H. I am due to bike on this stretch tomorrow, which climbs quite dramatically to close to 3,000 feet. The Presidential Range of the White Mountains lies directly…

It rained during the night and rain was predicted throughout the day. I was equipped for riding in the rain but didn’t want to spend any more time in it than I had to. I left my motel in Bridgton at 8 a.m. and made tracks on a 23-mile ride to North Conway, N.H., where…

Naples, Maine, that is. But I’ll get to that in a minute. First, a brief recap of yesterday, Day 9 on my trip, that took me from Poland Springs to Bridgton, ME, about 30 miles. There were hills, of course, but they weren’t so bad, and things had cooled off considerably (70s to low 80s).…

Today’s route, on Day 8 of the trip, was about 30 miles long, from Brunswick to Poland Spring, ME, and struck a familiar refrain with plenty of hills and heat–we hit a high of 88 degrees this afternoon. There was a nice flat stretch of 6-8 miles along the Androscoggin River late this morning. There…

Today was Day 7 of this bike trip, and it stood in sharp contrast to yesterday, with its various challenges–bad roads, narrow shoulders, hot weather, etc. Today, after Trudi headed for the airport this a.m., I did some laundry at our hotel in Bath and then had a very easy 10-mile ride to Brunswick, Maine–a…

We really enjoyed a little respite from biking as we celebrated Independence Day with Trudi’s brother Terry and his friend Jane at Terry’s cabin in Parsonsfield, ME, and we also had a chance to tour the site of a new cabin Terry is building not too far away in Cornish. Yesterday’s ride from Waldoboro to…