{"id":864,"date":"2023-05-13T14:51:24","date_gmt":"2023-05-13T19:51:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mvermeulen.org\/gone2look4america\/?p=864"},"modified":"2023-06-19T13:24:39","modified_gmt":"2023-06-19T18:24:39","slug":"maine-following-us-1-up-the-coast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mvermeulen.org\/gone2look4america\/2023\/05\/13\/maine-following-us-1-up-the-coast\/","title":{"rendered":"Maine, following US 1 up the coast"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Maine is one of my favorite states. However, the coast south of Portland and US 1 highway are my least favorite parts of Maine. The state becomes more interesting in the small hamlets inland or further up the coast than Bangor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are two major roads along the coast. The Maine Turnpike is a toll road taking interstate type traffic. US 1 is the main street of a string of towns along the coast, e.g. Kittery, York, Ogunquit, Wells, Kennebunk, Biddeford, Saco, etc. It alternates between town streets and more open areas with many businesses . There are other roads but those go off separately to the coast or for a short while. You can even piece together some smaller roads for a while.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Today I figured I would start off riding US 1 while it was early and then pick alternatives once it got busy. That worked well and by 11am, I had my 35 miles of US 1 behind me. The photo above is at the side road of Pine Hill St – the name alone had me thinking of going straight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The town of York had many of these signs up. Reassuring that they have bikes on US 1 they want to call attention to, but disconcerting they have to do this. Overall, traffic was good today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A more residential part of US 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Like the pottery? Take it and leave money behind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Stopped for lunch at 11am. By now US 1 was becoming busy. So I found my way onto the Eastern Trail. It started out OK as an unpaved trail but then had soft sandy parts that slowed me down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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After six miles of trail, roads and also some more trails.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Large solar installation in South Portland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Last bridge heading into Portland itself. I have a nice inn accommodation for tonight. No elevator and my room is on the third floor with a steep narrow stairway so my bike is in the garage. Today wasn’t difficult, but I anticipate a shorter ride tomorrow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Strava tells me<\/a>: 51.41 miles, 5:37:00 elapsed, 9.2 average with 1631 feet climbed and 3790 calories.<\/p>\n\n\n

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