Paris, Maine to Auburn, Maine

Start:  King's Hill Inn, Paris, Maine
End:  Hilton Garden Inn, Auburn, Maine

Mileage:  30 miles
Weather:  Perfect with a tail wind

States Conquered:  Washington; Idaho; Montana; North Dakota; Minnesota; Iowa; Illinois; Indiana; Ohio; Pennsylvania; Ontaior, Canada; New York; Vermont; New Hampshire
State Being Conquered:  Maine
States to be Conquered:  None!

Particulars: 

A report from Joe Thompson:  This AM we rode about 25 miles from Paris ME to Auburn ME. It is a charged moment to arrive at the last leg of a two month effort.


Maine seems to me to be like New Zealand with better roads and fewer sheep. Very green landscape. Hills everywhere, intensely agricultural, and pretty gritty in nature. I continue to be struck by the run-on architecture. Even the recent construction seems to emulate the traditional add-on and multifunctional composition of the buildings. Attached see the equally run-on Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul. The cathedral building is conjoined by a residence, completely different design and materials, built in separate time periods, and sharing a common wall.

We will ride into Rockport tomorrow and take a photo and call it good. Then we will go to Boston, get a room for the night and get flights out (Kelly, Annette, Hanna and me) and start driving home (Mike and Lowell).

I will make my last installment in this series tomorrow.

Interesting People Along the Way: