Something Dreamed Up
This is what the last 5 days on the East Coast Greenaway / Atlantic Coast Route / plus Northern-most Extension bike tour will look like for me. Just to clarify, there is no mapped and set route from Key West, FL to Lubec, ME. The Lubec, ME, and specifically West Quoddy Head Lighthouse was a Spinners conceit, i.e., something dreamed up by Scott and Richard that everyone involved enjoined because it seemed fitting to go from the southern-most point to the northeastern-most point of the US in one route — and with the aid of good weather, two very scenic and photogenic terminal points, it’s what I intend to finish.
Here is the itinerary for the last leg:
Today: after I arrive in Brunswick, ME at 12:10, I’ll bike 44.2 miles to Waldoboro, ME.
Image: Ride with GPS
Wednesday: I’m biking from Waldoboro to Bucksport, ME.
Image: Ride with GPS
Thursday: The longest and most elevation gain on the last leg of the tour, biking from Bucksport to Milbridge, ME.
Friday: The reason I’m breaking up the last 53 miles up into a 2 day ride is twofold: 1. I really wanted to stay at the Inn at Schoppee Farm in Machias, ME, again.
AND, 2. It wasn’t available on any good night this week where I could double it up with a stay by the lighthouse in Lubec, ME.
At the Inn at Schoppee Farm, on May 3, 2025 .Machias, ME.
So I worked the schedule backwards from West Quoddy Head Lighthouse, hence the short last 2 days.
Image: Ride with GPS
Saturday: I drove to Lubec, ME this past March and went in to Canada, but never visited West Quoddy Head Lighthouse. As the northeastern-most point in the US it became de riguer that I finish the ride here.
Image: Ride with GPS
Image: Jason Peterson
One literally runs out of land to the northeast.
Image: Pat Mogensen.
And after researching the area, staying at the West Quoddy Station also became obligatory. Regardless of weather it’s a dramatic and photogenic place to spend the last night of the bike tour.
Image: Laura Casey
That’s the itinerary for the last 5 days of the tour. I’m hoping for good weather, but I’ll take whatever I get.
May 3, 2025. Jonesboro, ME.
What I’m Reading:
Out on the bluff, the sky a gaping maw. Crossing the gorge, a woman looks back No man can grasp her drum-shaped pain.
— Kiềm Cổ / “Drum Gorge”
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