Year 1 - Ride Day 2 - Millbridge ME to Bar Harbor ME (rerouted to Ellsworth) Sept 2

The rain was heavy, the wind strong, and the temps in the high 50 degrees this morning. We made our way to the bus stop location, the 44 degrees North restaurant where we had a quick coffee and bowl of soup for brunch. The bus was due about 11:30. 

Along comes the bus with our favorite driver, Erica! Now there are already three ladies in the bus. We load our wet bikes, bags, and selves into the bus, pay the ticket, and away we go! The rain was heavy for most of the trip to Ellsworth. Erica again dropped us off right at the motel as it was along her prescheduled route. Erica said see you soon! I told her, no offense as much as we love to see and chat with you, we hope we do not see you again soon.

We stayed at the Atlantic Coast Inn. Reservations were made via telephone, she, Cathy, confirmed with an email and this morning a text message. When we arrived, the office was locked. So we sat outside to wait till the office opened, assuming about the 3 p.m. check in time! I responded to her confirmation text and let her know we had arrived via bus. She said normal check in was 3 pm, but our rooms were ready and provided the door combo lock PIN # so we were able to get into the rooms and get rid of our wet gear and relax.

Our original route from Mount Desert Island and Acadia National Park area was via Ellsworth, so in the morning we will pick up the route and continue on to Camden.


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