Day 1: Portland, Me to Portsmouth, NH 70 miles

Seventy miles of fairly continuous light rain. It's stopped for now but the forecast is for more tomorrow and Saturday. So it goes.

This is a picture of the bridge to Portsmouth. It's being repaired and only open to foot traffic. I guess I look a little goofy with a shower cap on my helmet but it kept my head dry. Besides what else would you wear in a rain shower? At this point the only thing dry was my head.

Michel and I were riding along Route 1A in the rain coming into Portsmouth when we saw a lady up ahead waving her arms. It was my sister-in-law Sue and my brother Jim. They told me they were driving from Boston to Bar Harbor to spend a few days and might pass us on the way. You never know who you'll run into up here.

We rode by the Bush estate in Kennebunkport. It sits out on a point and looks like old money.

Tomorrow we're going to Worcester, MA. In this part of the country it's pronounced Wussta.