We had been watching the weather and things did not look promising for the weekend. Thursday was looking to be the only possible ride day so we got up and ready to go about 09:30. It was pretty overcast but not raining so off we went, with David and Annette leading the way.
Our first stop was Freeport...L.L. Bean. Pretty amazing place. It just keeps getting bigger and bigger. We walked around Freeport for a bit then decided to get going.
We headed up the coast to Wiscasset, ME for lunch at 'Red's Eats'. What a place...very earthy but soooo delicious. All the hype is true.
After stuffing ourselves on lobster and what were probably the best onion rings ever we headed out to Rockland. The scenery was nice, coastal. When we reached Rockland we headed inland to Augusta, the state capital.
In Augusta we stopped at the Harley dealer, North Country Harley-Davidson. We bought the normal stuff...shirt, pin...then headed back to the hotel. First we had to go back through Augusta.
In NJ we have traffic circles (rotarys or roundabouts in Maine). We think our circles are stupid and dangerous, especially the way people drive in NJ; badly and with attitude. The circles in Augusta were wicked crazy! They are several lanes, including the incoming and departing lanes and people just shoot out and across, at high speed. Somehow they work because they plan on adding more.
It was a nice long road along winding, hilly roads. We managed to dodge the rain except for a few drops; nothing heavy. When we arrived back at the hotel we put the bikes back in the trailers. It was just in time because it started to rain.
We went out to dinner at the Great Lost Bear. It is a nice bar / restaurant with a great atmosphere. It also has something like 70 beers on tap. After a great burger we headed back to the hotel, in the rain, and went to bed.
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