Day 5 Recap

Day X recap

Fort Kent, ME to Bangor, ME

Hit construction right out of Ft Kent, and got to do a few miles of gravel to start the day. When they do road construction up here, it often means removing the road completely. 

Rain threatened,  but never really materialized. Rained over night in Bangor, but we were asleep for it. 

Took 11 pretty much the whole way to Bangor. It's amazing. We've done a lot of long days on a single road. NY-22, Transcanadienne 20, ME-11account for 800 miles of riding. Tomorrow is a string of little roads.

ME-11 is a fantastic road. Deep in the Northwoods of Maine. It starts out a little twisty, then straightens out and goes up and down over endless rollign hills. The Northwoods are amazing. Dense pine forests. you have to keep an eye on the gas gauge and gas stops, since it's so remote. You have no idea when the next gas station will pop up.

It's super desolate up there. You don't see cars. Occasional logging trucks. But you can go 5 minutes without seeing another vehicle in either direction. 

A little routing trouble in Bangor, but we eventually found the hotel. The Econolodge out by the airport. A miserable place, but we knew what we were getting into. The only food option was the Ground Round. My first time there. I won't be back. We hit a few airport hotel bars. The Ramada (Barnaby's), the Holiday Inn (Pete & Larry's) and the Howard Johnson's (Therapy). Therapy is supposedly Bangor's hottest gay bar. I have stories to tell from there about some of the characters there, but won't put them on the blog. Just ask. Baranby's was closing up, so drinks. But we missed ladies night by one day. Apparently it's thottest ladies night in all of maine. 700-1000 people come every wednesday night. 

Other notes: 

• The Hangar Restaurant at Morris Field in Patten is a nice place to stop for sandwiches. 
• It's amazing how clean the logs are on the logging trucks. You'd expect bark and stuff to be flying off, but it never does. 
• Didn't see any cops all day. None anywhere. 
• Stopped at a nice little gift shop in OxBow and saw some neat stuff made by locals. Super nice lady working there.