Biking through Acadia NP

Wow, this post is WAY overdue.

While we were in Maine back in August, we headed to Bar Harbor 2 days after my 70.3. The day after the race, we explored a local state park that houses Portland Head Lighthouse in order to keep me moving around and get rid of that lactic acid. Absolutely beautiful.

Me with the lighthouse in the distance

The next day, we headed to Freeport (LLBean shopping!) and Bar Harbor. It was a pretty uneventful drive, which is always good. Maine's road signs about moose crack me up. We have a ton of them about deer, but all of theirs were about moose. Now... just to see one!

Wednesday, we rented mountain bikes from Acadia Bike and took off into Acadia National Park. It was about two miles or so into the park, which wasn't too bad. I knew we'd be taking it super easy since I'd just done the 70.3 three days before. We had our Camelbacks, some nutrition (Honey Stingers), and a map of the carriage roads with us.

Let me just say... if we lived near Acadia, Jon would NEVER see me. I'd always be on the carriage roads. They'd be so wonderful for training runs & easy bikes. The crushed gravel/rock roads were originally built for horse carriages and take you through some breathtaking places. It took us about 4 hrs to do about 20 miles - way slow for us, but we were taking our time, stopping & taking pictures, and just enjoying it. I'd do this again in a heartbeat. On our next trip, we plan to bring our hybrid bikes and ride as much (or as little) as we want to.

Checking out the map

Chillin on a rock

Having a great time

Definitely not something we get to see on our normal rides!

Loved how much room we had

Beautiful

Can we stay?

Proof that we were there

Really the only part that was paved