Getting closer! Today I did a "test ride" out to the hotel where my route leaders were staying. I flunked that ride :0. I forgot how bad iPhones can be in the rain. Why are we such an advanced civilization but we can't figure out how to make a phone that can be used when it drizzles?? I got lost and ended up on a bike path that said it was closed. I didn't believe it, but a few hundred yards later I was slogging through mud and dodging construction equipment. Anyway, eventually I was on a bus to Bar Harbor. It is very cold and rainy here. The town itself is nice, but very very touristy. I've never seen so many quaint little motels and bed and breakfasts. Does anybody actually live here? The landscape is so very green and wet. There's a particular kind of light green that you only find up here. I splurged and got an actually full 1 1/4 pound lobster and ate the whole thing. It was delicious, surprisingly good even though I'm not really a lobster guy. Oh, and we walked out to this island in the harbor that you can only walk to when it's high tide, which is pretty cool. Don't forget where you are and get trapped!! But what you're really here for is the pictures, so I will indulge you. One more day of preparation and then the day after tomorrow it's time for the bike!!
