My Warmshowers hosts, Peter and Christie, were terrific. Christie even found me a motel near Bar Harbor that was reasonably priced. I’ll have to bike a few miles into town but I’d have had to bike farther to town if I had camped instead.
When I woke up my hosts were nowhere to be found. Thinking they might be sleeping in, I slipped out quietly and went downtown to get breakfast. (I found out later that they had gone for a walk, Peter’s back pain having calmed down.)
Breakfast: 2 eggs, sausage, home fries, rye toast, and coffee.
After breakfast the climbing began. Whenever I leave the coastline I have steep-ish climbs. I think I was eventually up around 500 feet. Once at elevation I found myself doing rolling roads. It was cool and overcast; same weather, different day.
There was no rush. Today is a short day, setting up two days in the Bar Harbor area.
Since Belfast is on the coast, my ride into town was downhill.
I am glad I modified my schedule. Doing today’s ride and yesterday’s ride in one day would have been brutal.
Once in Belfast I bought lunch. Burger, fries, coke slaw, cup of clam chowder, and iced tea. Decent but pricey.
My Warmshowers host, Meg, is a doctor. She looks vaguely like and has similar mannerisms to my ophthalmologist back home. They could be siblings.
While she tended the garden, I started feeling drowsy. I took a two hour nap during which a thunderstorm passed through. I’m glad I was off the road.
Miles today: 31
Tour miles: 1,047.5
A Few Spokes Shy of a Wheel 
Good hosts. Good food. Good ride. Good day! I’m going for a very short ride this morning with Duncan, and I was thinking about how I love biking (or running) to coffee shops or bakeries for a treat. Something about exerting myself to get there makes everything taste better.