Day 4: 7/11 - Cool Down

"It's your grave...good luck digging it with a fork."

This was our quote of the day, as Esmith refused to use a spoon to eat his cous cous.
Today started with moaning and groaning as NOBODY wanted to get out of "bed". Our thighs, calves, feet, and butts hurt and no one was looking to get onto a bike anytime soon. Eventually we got everything together and said "adios" to our neighbors, then hit the old dusty trail. Then Bsmith got a flat. Something about his bike, I guess. On the way through Damariscotta, ME we got yelled out by some guy with a ridiculous Maine accent (no offense to all you Maine-landers), "Get out of the way!! The road is for cars, too, you know!!". We were on the shoulder as far out of traffic's way as possible, so maybe he just had a bad experience with a bike at one point.
The day was uneventual otherwise until we reached Wiscasset, ME. We stopped in at their fire department hoping to get some publicity shots with the firemen and equipment, but it was apparently the worst timing ever. Apparently a shipbuilding warehouse had caught fire and started one of the worst fires the area had seen in decades. Check out the story here: http://www.mainelincolncountynews.com/index.cfm?ID=32785
We figured it was best to stay out of the way at that point, so we got a picture from a distance and moved on. Smith got another flat, so we just replaced the whole tube rather than patching it (next to some dead eels on the road). We hit up a sandwich shop in Bath, ME and while we were there, we met a couple that was enthralled with our endeavor. They talked to us for awhile (Joy and...sorry pal, can't remember your name) and wished us luck on our trip. After our sandwiches, Joy came back in the shop and gave us the number of her folks in Boca Raton, FL.. if we needed anything while we were down there. How's that for some die hard enthusiasts!?
We stopped in the local library and printed out some business cards so we didn't have to keep writing down our website on scraps of paper; while Esmith did that, I blogged our first two days (1st time ever blogging...swore I'd never do it, but that's life!). We got our eats at the local grocery store and also picked up a moonshine bottle of Shepscot Valley Brewing Company Ale (Pemaquid Ale, to be exact). They were a local brewery in Whitefield, ME, and the worker at the store recommended it, so we went with it. Wasn't too bad, though the 45 minute ride in the heat to the campsite probably didn't help much. On the way to the campsite, we stopped by a random house to ask for some gasoline for our camp stove (it's an old one, and yes, it runs on gasoline); the lady who helped us actually works at the L.L. Bean factory and puts together the boots. You may actually be wearing her handiwork right now!!! She also gave us a zucchini. Very nice people so far. Campsite usuals continued, dinner, logging, running around, etc. See the pictures.

Highlights: nice couple in Bath, short day of riding, no rain, L.L. Bean lady

Top Speed: 39.0 (ES and EP)
Distance: 37.08 mi
Time: 3.16.22
Av Spd: 11.4 mph
Odometer: 159.1 mi..