Well it has been a while since I last updated our riding. We have biked to work a couple times a week in the last few. Typical rides leaving from Yarmouth. Although it is nice to get to work by bike, it has become a mundane ride and we always end up at work! The weather has been great for riding and we have managed to get a couple of our favorite rides under our belts for the season. May 10th, Joe, Sue and I drove up to bike the Bear Notch Road Loop we like. The temps were in the 60's as we started from the Ranger Station at the Conway end of the Kanc. We stopped at the covered bridge and did a 3 part cache and then continued on our way. By the time we reach the top of Bear Notch we were starved and finished all the snacks we had with us. The downhill was an awesome 4 miles. We decided not to stop at the store at the bottom thinking that there would be restaurant down the road. Unfortunately, the restaurants were all closed until we got to Glen. They were about to close but let us order anyhow. The total loop is about 42 miles.
Today, May 18th, we drove down to Ogunquit and biked a loop down through Cape Neddick to York and back to Ogunquit. It was only a 27 mile loop but we had a great time. The roads were great for riding down there, going through all the little towns and along the ocean. Alot of the roads were rolling hills. We ate breakfast at a restaurant in Ogunquit before we headed off on our bikes. We had not eaten before we left home and did not get down there until around 11. We each had an omelet which held us all day. We got back to where we had parked my car and found I had a flat tire on the back. Apparantly I had picked up a nail somewhere on the drive down. So we had to take the bike rack off the car to get the jack and stuff out. My spare tire is attached to the back and luckily it was brand new. Joe got all but one lugnut off the flat tire and since the tool that comes with the car was cheap and wimpy he could not get the last one off. However, luckily for us, Sue has AAA. So she called and they sent a guy right over. The guy got out of his truck and the first thing he said was "What did you do wrong?" to which Joe replied, "you must be the guy from AAA?" trying to be friendly. However, as it turns out the guy was not. His reply was "if I wasn't, I wouldn't be here". We all just kind of looked at each other without saying a word as the guy proceeded to get the lugnut off and replace the tire. He finished with a grunt and after we thanked him he drove off. We all commented on how rude he was and started to load the bikes back onto my car. A guy approached us that works in the Antique shop that we were parked at asked about our ride. Sue told him how we had arrived back to find we had a flat tire and told him how we called AAA and that the guy who came out had the personality of a rock. The young guy replied, "oh, that's my uncle"! Of course Sue apologized all over the place and the guy laughed and said how grumpy the guy always is. He knew right away who we were talking about, it was pretty funny.
