Day 77: Conway, NH, to Cornish, Maine 35 miles

Pictures: Covered bridge over Saco River in Conway
Kamla’s favorite view from the covered bridge
Maine state line with Bill showing off Pistol Pete on the back of his jersey
Riding in the first sprinkle of the day
Taking shelter at the ice cream/hot dog stand
Uppy shows us how its done in the livestock barn

Video of the shower from inside the livestock barn

We left our hotel and got to ride across a covered bridge. Then after 7.7 miles we crossed into Maine. We stopped at the visitor center and got directions on how to make it to Portland using the back roads. After riding 20 or so miles on the back roads we got to a junction with a ice cream/hot dog stand and found out from the owner we had been on the wrong road for quite some time. But it was a blessing in disguise. Before we finished eating our hot dogs the sky let loose with a pounding Hurricane Bill rain. We got to shelter under the awning and umbrella for about an hour till it let up enough for us to continue. We had learned that there was a motel in the town of Cornish about 4 miles away. After riding almost 2 miles the rain picked up. We spotted the fairgrounds and headed to one of the livestock barns for sanctuary. The rain waxed and waned several times while we hung out in the barns ankle deep saw dust. Then all the sudden the rain quit and the sun came out. We left our sanctuary to head toward Cornish. Of course it rained on us while we rode the last two miles into town. It didn’t take long to nix the plans for making it to Portland and find accommodations in the Midway Country Lodge. The blessing is if I hadn’t have missed the turn earlier in the day we wouldn’t have been near a town with a motel.