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Return to New England Fall Foliage Tandem Bicycle Tour, Adventure #70

Side Trips:  Freeport Beach, PA,  Niagara Falls, NY,  LL Bean, ME,  Portland Bike Loop Ride, ME,  Native Stone Drive, KS

Pictures and Stories About Bicycle Side Adventures

Portland, Maine
October, 2017


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A Morning Loop Ride from South Portland to Portland and Back

Terry and the Bee. Forty-five minutes later the Bee stood next to a wharf in Portland, Maine.

Above Left: Terry and the Bee.

The bike had been dirty with road grime from our travel, we had washed the bike at a car wash the night before this day (after our LL Bean side trip, the day previous).

Above Right: Traffic was nice to us. Forty-five minutes later the Bee stood next to a wharf in Portland, Maine.

Lobster traps on a wharf. A view inland from a Portland wharf.

Above Left: Lobster traps on a wharf.

Above Right: A view inland from a Portland wharf.

A view seaward from a Portland wharf. A very famous pier-side seafood restaurant, the Portland Lobster Company.

Above Left: A view seaward from a Portland wharf.

Above Right: A very famous pier-side seafood restaurant, the Portland Lobster Company.

Cycling northeast along Portland's Commercial Street. A view seaward across another Portland wharf.

Above Left: Cycling northeast along Portland's Commercial Street.

Above Right: A view seaward across another Portland wharf.

Mural along Commercial Street. The World, Portland, Maine.
Nice mural on the Nova Scotia Ferry Building.

Above: Nice mural on the Nova Scotia Ferry Building.

Old Pylons. Old Pylons.

Above: Old Pylons, East End.

A view of Munjoy Hill, East End. Adaptive Sailing.

Above Left: A view of Munjoy Hill, East End.

Above Right: Adaptive Sailing.

Take Physically or Mentally Challenged people out for a bike ride! Take Physically or Mentally Challenged people out for a bike ride!

Above: "Free recreational rides for people young and old living with disability, who cannot ride a bike by themselves but would love to go for a ride." [Portland Wheelers' Adaptive Biking Organization]

If I was Portland, Maine, I would be mighty proud of myself!

Train Museum and local tour rides. Train Museum and local tour rides.

Above: Train Museum and local tour rides.

We were on the East End Pathway (for people and bikes only). We were on the East End Pathway (for people and bikes only).

Above: We were on the East End Beach Pathway (for people and bikes only).

East Side Beach. East Side Beach.

Above: East Side Beach.

The Bee navigates Portland's beach pathway. The Bee navigates Portland's East End Pathway.

Above: The Bee navigates Portland's East End Pathway.

The old railroad turn-bridge sits permanently open for boat traffic. A view of Fall Foliage on our ride back to our hotel.

Above Left: The old railroad turn-bridge sits permanently open for boat traffic (Berry bushes in the foreground, no fruit).

Above Right: A view of some Fall Foliage on our ride back to our hotel, to our first meeting with the America by Bicycle crew, and to a meet-up with our fellow riders.

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