Day 53 We made it! Gilmanton, New Hampshire to Ogunquit, Maine and the Altlantic Ocean!!

Day 53.  We made it!  The last day and we went 54.4 miles with a climb of 1,411 feet to Ogunquit, Maine and put our front wheels in the Atlantic Ocean!!  What a ride. We averaged just over 71 miles per day, and went just over 3800 miles.  Here are the pictures at the ocean shore!

Along this last day we saw some beautiful sights, again, like wonderful fall colors.  Here are some more trees with beautiful leaves.

The second picture shows how when the trees start to loose their leaves chlorophyll they seem to do so in parts.  In this tree there are fully green parts and fall-colored parts.  It is very interesting and beautiful indeed!
We saw lots of other fall changes along the way, like these.

After we dunked the front wheels in the ocean, we headed for the closest lobster shack and got our reward for the trip - fresh lobster!!  We also got a quick course in lobster preparation/consumption - but nothing to do with being neat!  Gladly they had a sink outside so we could clean up!

It was a super way to enjoy the ambiance!!  The lobsters were superb and I ended up filled up and filthy, but happy to be that way!!
We also saw some interesting sights on this last day going east.  It seems some of my distant (VERY distant) relatives are trying to run government - good luck!

We also saw where ET did his bike trips!  He was gone at the time.

Finally, we saw how much they love Halloween around here.

Trips like this are really never over, considering all the new people we met and so on.  Paul P. and I are planning to fly this route next year and photograph the route from the air - a very different perspective but a fun one to see from.  We will be adding a few more things before we put things on hold until next year, so don't give up yet!