It felt good leaving Bar Harbor riding through this exciting village. I had a lot of great fun here with the people and the places visited. It also felt good to surpass 3000 miles as I left the Mount Desert Island and turned eastward to Canada; so close I could taste it. Today was cool and cloudy and the wind was at my back to push me along 80 miles into Machias. The hills continued but I powered through them getting used to this new coastal landscape. This part of Maine called ‘Down East Maine’ was very rural and became increasingly [View Full Entry]

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I must give much thanks to my Uncle Chuck for housing me at his 1885 Andover, MA farmhouse. The rain drizzled down for three days and I was grateful for having a warm dry place to stay. I returned my rental car in the morning after stopping at the post office then rode the bike back to the house in the drizzly rain. I mostly spent my time on the internet catching up with blogs or looking through my uncle’s massive collection of books. He showed me all about the reconstruction work he was doing on the house; refabricating, residing, scraping, [View Full Entry]

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New England Islands and the Cape PierceThe ferry from Orient Point, Long Island came into port in New London, CT along side a huge cruise ship. I guess it was a big deal for the town and they put on a historical artillery demonstration at old Fort Trumbull south of town. Many of the passengers filled in the down town historical district all afternoon. This old city was set on the side of a hill next to the mouth of the Thames river. It was full of cobblestone streets, old brick buildings, and a collection of old stone chur [View Full Entry]

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The New Staes PierceFriends and family, thank you so much for all your support and encouragement. It really is amazing to see how far word travels. Sorry for the delay on the latest entry, I have had a little more difficulty finding a computer to use long enough to complete a full entry. I wrote my last entry way down on the Eastern Shore of VA and had a fantastic weekend with my good friends Shannon and Serena. The good times continued that Sunday when Shannon and I packed up my bike and bags into her little car and dr [View Full Entry]

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The Outer Banks and The Eastern Shore PierceMy last day at Fort Fisher and Kure Beach was full of excitement. I finally was able to get into the library in Carolina Beach to use the internet because the day before was invaded by wild school kids. The Shirt Shack in Kure Beach was finally open for business and I made a custom t-shirt order. I spelled out my bike tour mission in big red letters on the back. "Key West to Canada" I ate a delicious crab cake sandwich at the Old Pier House Restaurant and relaxed at on the [View Full Entry]

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Untitled PierceI have been enjoying my vacation, my vacation from work and now my vacation from my bike. I am relaxing in wonderful Kure Beach, NC, the same place that I have been visiting to get away from the Army for the last three years. It's a little weird for me to say but I am actually glad to be back in North Carolina and especially Kure Beach. It has been a tough journy through the southern states of Georgia and South Carolina where the roads are so narrow and the traffic is so busy. I have some good memories [View Full Entry]

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Savannah PierceGood Morning .. Good Beautiful Morning! I spent the afternoon and into the night in Savanah Georgia yesterday and had the best time since South Beach. The four days of cool cloudy weather cleared up and the sun shinned down on the gorgeous green city squares. As I cleaned up and out of the Piratehaus Inn, finished my pirate pancakes and completed one more blog, I chatted with Conrad about the Inn and the old city. On my way out he suprizingly gave me no charge for staying at the Inn because i was a "couc [View Full Entry]

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Florida map two PierceHello all! I have made it most of the way through Florida with a brutal head wind most of the way. I guess lately that wind has brought cooler temps for a change. Since Juno Beach I've spent many nights along the beautiful Florida coast. I spent the night in Hobe Sound after a great bistro dinner, live music and free beer. I slept in a field on the edge of town and provided the mosquitoes a good meal. I slept pretty good though as long as I ignored the buzing mosquitoes and the rumbling freight t [View Full Entry]

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Florida map one PierceWell folks, I have made up the coast of Florida about 250 miles and I am totally in it to win it. After two full days of brutal head on wind in the Keys, I am powering along quite nicely as long as I can ignore the pain in my but cheeks. The wind is now mostly at my side but from what the locals say it will most likely be there all the way through the state. I left Key West after scarfing down a great lunch on the beach then immediately started battling the wind [View Full Entry]

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Day 1, Key West PierceLast sunday I watched my parents drive my truck full of all my belongings down the street as I thought to my self "what the hell am I doing, what did I do? What did I do?!" I was left with only my bike and the little bit of stuff that I had packed into my bike bags. I was more nervous now than ever before and i kept thinking to myself "what just happened here? what did I just do?" as I flew down south. I felt a little better while on layover in Ft. [View Full Entry]

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