Day 4 — 41 miles from Bangor to Unity

And that includes one detour for ice cream and a second detour for a dip in a lake.

Today was an easy day — officially just 38 miles on the East Coast Greenway and only 1,857 feet of climbing. So it was all about the food. I know — I kind of said that yesterday too. Sorry. And then we cyclists wonder why we come home heavier than when we left.

The hotel’s breakfast was skimpy, so we stopped at a Maine institution about 5 miles along the route for proper fuel. Dysart’s is a truck stop with a diner attached. There was this, for example:

(don’t freak out — it was shared among 10 of us)

.. and this:

So our blueberry cobbler was really quite modest by comparison:I can’t say the same about our $3.75 ice creams:

But hey, that was lunch! (The chocolate loves chocolate flavor is really good, by the way).

Others in the group are so jealous that they’ve gone — by car! — to get some just before dinner (don’t tell their moms!).

Oh … the lake? They were jealous of that too. Hey, bike tours are as much about the stops as about the destination.

It was soooo shallow that I got this far from shore before the water first reached my knees:

And the water was so warm, it felt like a bathtub.

Saw some fish too:

And a parting shot:

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A gardener (along with the Brit) who has discovered there is more than hybrid tomatoes. And a cyclist. View all posts by alliumstozinnias