Introduction

Looking back...

Conceived as a tour, executed as a series of day trips

Thoughts were running through my head... I was home from my cross-country trek, about to head back to work, what about another short trip?

I really thought that I wanted to do another short bike tour before heading back to work. I decided on southern Maine as my playground, and proceeded to make some plans. But when it came down to booking a seat on the train for me and my bike, I just couldn't get moving. The more I thought about it, the less I wanted to be away from home even for 3 to 4 nights. After 2 1/2 months on the road, I just wanted to sleep in my own bed - what a baby!

I still wanted to do some biking in Maine, so I decided to change my plans to a series of day trips. Since I live in northeastern Massachusetts, the Maine coast is a very reasonable destination for a day of biking.

But wait - why are you writing a journal of a series of day trips? I was planning to write a journal of my Maine tour, and I decided to go ahead and document the rides even though I switched to day trips. I figured that it might be of interest to someone planning a tour in Maine, plus it's still fun to share my experience and my pictures. And - my mother loves my journals. Hey Mom - this one's for you!

Table of Contents

For now, please use Blogger's list of posts in the sidebar to follow my trip in reverse sequence. I plan to flip this blog on its head so that the posts flow from oldest to newest (like the table of contents in a book), adding a real Table of Contents and a Page by Page sidebar entry, and adding (better) next and previous links at the bottom of each post. I probably won't be able to make these changes for the next several weeks. ...Denise, January 16, 2009