This weekend I hit two of the four corners. Four of us met at 7 a.m. in Manchester at J&S Oil Friday morning. The temperature when I left my house was 50, a little chilly! We went out Route 3 to Belfast, then followed Route 1 to Machias where we stopped and had lunch, and pie at Helen’s Restaurant! The pies were delicious! After lunch we got off Route 1 and went down around Cutler, a neat little fishing town! Then to Lubec stopping at the West Quoddy Head Lighthouse. Helen and I are doing the four corner experience so we needed to stop at the Lubec Post Office and also get gas before continuing on to Calais for the first nights stay. We did 269 miles the first day.
Day two we got up and left about 7:50 a.m. Wasn’t as chilly this morning, the gauge on my bike read 63. Our first stop was Mars Hill for breakfast then followed Route 1A to Littleton, Maine to stop and see one of the last covered bridges. We stayed on Route 1A up to Madawaska for the northern point of Maine.
After stopping at the Four Corners Park in Madawaska we headed to Caribou where we stayed our final night of this trip. We left Calais about 8:30 a.m. taking Route 1 to Route 6 then hooking onto Route 2 which we followed al the way to New Sharon where we hooked onto Route 27 into Augusta. Route 2 was fantastic riding, no traffic until about Skowhegan and roads were in great shape. We ended with just about 800 miles for all three days. It was a fantastic trip with great friends. We made a lot of memories and had a lot of laughs!
Back in May Helen met me in New Hampshire the night before I came home from my trip. She did the last leg of my journey with me, and on our way back we stopped in Kittery to do the most Southern corner. We needed a picture at the Kittery Trading Post for this stop.
In June, Helen organized a ladies ride and we rode over to Grafton Notch which is the Western point that we needed to hit.
That’s the four points of Maine. Doing these I have hit many roads that I had never ridden on before. I am grateful that Helen and I were able to do all four corners together! What’s our next adventure?
Doing the corners is a wonderful way to see Maine. The farm country up north is so beautiful. Living in Central Maine we tend to forget there are still a lot of farms still operating in Maine. Was wonderful to see!
Love and Light to you all!
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