Day 2: Chasing Hurricane Earl

Day 2's ride would take us from Barre, Vermont all the way to just outside Bar Harbor, Maine - our main destination.  By Saturday morning, our group had grown to 16 people.  Given the size of the group, this meant that throughout Saturday's ride we would most likely break into several smaller independent groups.  Can you imagine a group of 16 bikes pulling into a gas station to fill up...?  It would take forever!

As we were preparing for this trip, we fully expected Saturday to be the "bad day", weather wise.  We would be chasing Hurricane Earl and likely be riding through rain, gusty winds, etc.  Instead, we were greeted to beautiful sunny and warm weather for the entire day's ride, which wound eastward into Maine.  After arriving at the hotel at about 6pm, Cess and I relaxed for a bit, before venturing into Bar Harbor (a 30km ride) for dinner to meet the rest of the group.

We had dinner on Bar Harbor's main stretch, and as can be expected, the local specialties were various types of seafood.  Dinner was pleasant, if not awesome.

Day 2's route:

Hurricane Earl at full strength:

Cess saying hello: