Downeast Weekend
Our 1999 three day bicycle tour in Downeast Maine, covering approximately 180 miles in all.
Map of our 1999 Downeast Bicycle Weekend.
We drove up to Machias, spent the night and left the car there, then bicycled to Lubec, visiting Cutler and West Quoddy Head on the way. The next day, we rode around Cobscook Bay and up the coast to Calais. Our final leg took us inland, up and down hill, Through Meddybemps, and past Lake Cathance, back to Machias.
Machias, Maine -- The Machias River, as seen from the back yard of our motel.
Cutler, Maine - Town Square -
We snacked on Wild strawberries that grew in the square.
Cutler, Maine - Cutler Country Store 1 -
our lunchtime haven on this first leg of our tour
Cutler, Maine - Cutler Country Store 2 -
We walked in, and one of the regulars proclaimed, "Coffee's over there!"
We enjoyed a friendly atmosphere, great coffee, and the best meatball grinders we had ever tasted!
West Quoddy Head, Maine - Riding down to the Lighthouse
Beyond Cutler, civilization ends -- no more telephone poles! We took a right onto a road that turned to dirt, and rode past a bay called "Bailey's Mistake" down to West Quoddy Head, the easternmost point on the United States mainland.
West Quoddy Head, Maine - Lighthouse - Quoddy Head State Park
Campobello Island, New Brunswick - Roosevelt Estate - The morning of the second day, before starting off on the second leg of our tour, we rode over the F.D. Roosevelt Memorial International Bridge, into Canada, on Campobello Island, and visited the Roosevelt Campobello International Park.
Campobello Island, New Brunswick - Roosevelt Estate -
Laundry Room
Campobello Island, New Brunswick - Roosevelt Estate -
Laundry Room
Campobello Island, New Brunswick - Roosevelt Estate -
Kitchen
Campobello Island, New Brunswick - Roosevelt Estate -
Kitchen
Campobello Island, New Brunswick - Roosevelt Estate -
Dining Room
Campobello Island, New Brunswick - Roosevelt Estate -
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Lubec, Maine, as seen from Campobello Island
Campobello Island, New Brunswick - Mulholland Point Lighthouse 1
Lubec, Maine, as seen from Campobello Island 2
Lubec, Maine, as seen from the F.D. Roosevelt Memorial International Bridge
Lubec, Maine and Mulholland Point Lighthouse
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Mulholland Point Lighthouse, as seen from the F.D. Roosevelt Memorial International Bridge
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Lubec, Maine, as seen from the F.D. Roosevelt Memorial International Bridge 2
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Water Street, Lubec, Maine 1
The R. J. Peacock Cannery, which was the last remaining cannery operating when we made our trip, closed in 2001, putting to a close the era of Lubec's prominence as a cradle of the sardine Industry.
Water Street, Lubec, Maine 2
a ghostly, windswept shadow of her former self
Lubec, Maine - Municipal Marina
Calais, Maine - Sunset over St. Stephen, NB -
view from our motel window
Lake Cathance, Maine -
Day Three: We left Calais with great trepidation, in pouring rain, and with the admonishment of two of our hosts along the way, that the road through Meddybemps should be called "manybumps", was very hilly, and we likely would be run off the road by rabid truck drivers. Instead, the weather cleared, the few truck drivers we encountered gave us the thumbs-up, and we had a delightful ride.
Machias, Maine - Bad Little Falls -
The name, Machias, comes from the Passamaquoddy word, "Machises," which roughly translates to "Bad Little Falls", the name of these falls.
