{"id":848,"date":"2023-05-12T14:59:22","date_gmt":"2023-05-12T19:59:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mvermeulen.org\/gone2look4america\/?p=848"},"modified":"2023-06-19T13:25:46","modified_gmt":"2023-06-19T18:25:46","slug":"coast-of-new-hampshire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mvermeulen.org\/gone2look4america\/2023\/05\/12\/coast-of-new-hampshire\/","title":{"rendered":"Coast of New Hampshire"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A great cycling day in three states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What I seem to notice most about Massachusetts are the cemeteries and the lawn care people. Perhaps it is because Massachusetts has been around for a while, but I notice more cemeteries in middle of towns than I recall in Maryland or New Jersey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The lawn care people often have a truck towing a large wide trailer with riding mower and other implements. I notice them because they park that trailer on the side of the road and place a few cones for traffic including cyclists to go around.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Yesterday I had a great breakfast for dinner at a place named Robert’s. The food was so-so but the banter between the elderly cook and elderly waitress was fun. I was the only one there but it gave me a sense of a small Massachusetts breakfast diner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This morning I was on the road early. A short patch of bike trail, but most of the first third of the ride was through small towns of Lynn, Peabody and Danvers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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When a road has the name of “Hill St.” you know something is up. Fortunately not much climbing today. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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After Hill St a number of miles of US 1 followed by a delightful small road heading into Newburyport. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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To the beach! After Newburyport I crossed over to New Hampshire but the roads were small and didn’t have a sign. This ice cream and pizza\/calzone place was the first sign of a resort area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Crossing the causeway to Seabrook<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hampton Beach had several miles of these beach boardwalk places.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The beach looked rough and a bit rocky but a few brave souls were out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The town of Rye was settled in 1623 so there were a bunch of Rye 400 signs. Also this impressive church.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Some short sharp hills in Newburyport and I reached this large drawbridge over the Piscataqua. This is also the border with Maine so I made it, barely, to Maine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Strava tells me<\/a>: 55.65 miles in 5:58:21 or 9.3 miles\/hour. 2011 feet climbed and 4310 calories burned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The last two weeks have taken me across multiple large metro areas. I am looking for a little more “boring” riding as I’ll be in less populated areas and take longer to go from capitol to capitol.<\/p>\n\n\n

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