Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Day 1 & 2 (abridged)

First of all, big thanks to everyone who made it out to Virginia's house on Saturday night. It was a lot of fun, and the first time I had seen a lot of you for a while. It was a very special night.
After a late start, Ashlinn and I jumped onto Rt. 17, headed for Augusta. Less than five miles into the trip, I received the first flat tire. It was surprisingly easy to replace in the rain! We kept our spirits high, and continued riding. We saw a ton of animals along the way. Let me make a list for you:
Wild Turkeys
Horses
Cows
A big turtle
A goat standing on it's hind legs
Baby goats bleating at us
Duck Eggs
Quite impressive if you ask me. We got into Augusta late in the evening and enjoyed Pizza Hut, courtesy of Jenny Parmalee! We stayed at the cheapest place we could find, which was Motel6. It wasn't the camping we plan to do, but we were already soaking wet and needing showers. I passed out, as you can see in this watercolor that Ashlinn did. Total miles: 41

The next day, we rode to Dunkin Donuts, fueled up, and then checked out Tom's Bike Boutique in Winthrop. Tom was a very nice guy, and gave us some good advice about our days route. He was right, there was construction on Rt. 219, and we did have to walk our bikes across some rough roads. Day 2 was a lot drier though. The mist kept us cool and comfortable. We saw more roadkill than live animals this day. Despite big hills on Rt. 108, we made it back to Rumford for hot chicken soup with my folks. We will hang out here for a few days before we head to New Hampshire. Total miles: 50.4

1 comment:

brenna rose said...

ashlinn, i love what you are doing with the watercolor. it looks really good i definitely think it was the right way to go. i just found an art store finally--i had to go all the way to osaka but i bought a ton of acrylics and pouring medium so i can paint on canvas but it's kind of like watercolors. i couldn't find unstretched canvas though so i bought some cotton pillowcases and cut them up.