Maine has been consistently cold and rainy. The team has grown to strongly dislike the weather Maine has been giving us, but we thoroughly enjoy the views. The fact that we are so close to the coast means that sand covers areas of the road, causing our bikes to take a beating.
It immediately started to rain on us as we began to ride, but it was nothing we hadn't seen before. Today seemed to be colder than yesterday, so much so our feet froze, literally. By the end of 50 miles my feet had turned dark red from the rain and wind hitting my shoes. I couldn't feel a thing. After a timely process of warming them up, and eating lunch the Coast to Coast for MS team continued out last few miles.
Somewhere near Freeport, the biking maps took us on a bike trail. It was short, but we enjoyed it. While on the trail we met up with an older man who was also biking, but just around his town. We told him what we were doing and where we were headed and he said he would bike part of the way to Freeport with us so we wouldn't get lost. He was a nice gentleman, near 60 years old, but he could bike just as fast as we could. He stayed with us for about 4 or 5 miles and then went on his way.
By 4:30 we were in Freeport, Maine with only biking 64 miles. [Appariently, we took a 10 miles shortcut somewhere today]
Freeport is a small, old fashioned like town. A very nice place. We first went to a bike shop to repair some bikes and get new brakes for others and then headed to the Econo Lodge where we are staying the night.
After getting situated in our rooms, we walked across the street to Bucks Naked BBQ, where we received free appetizers for our bike ride. The Manager was very nice to our team and fed us well. Finally, on full stomachs a few riders decided to have a Ghost Pepper challenge. Alex, George, Stephen and a little bit of Chris accepted the challenge and all ate some ghost pepper.
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