Caribou

Day: 34
Destination: Caribou, Maine
Route: Highway 1
Miles Ridden: 193     Total Miles: 7,486

Points of Interest:

• 45th Parallel
• Highway 1, proximately with Canada
• Marshland, lakes, inland waterways, forests

Last night, the area of the hotel was blanketed with fog. Today was the solstice, the longest day of the year, and the sunrise first broke at our hotel. We couldn't see the sun rise due to the fog, but by 7:00 a.m., the fog had pulled back onto the water between Eastport and the Canadian islands to our east. We took some photographs of the harbor area (including the buildings built in the 1880's), and began our trip to Caribou.

Caribou is located about 50 miles south of the northern most border of Maine, and is the fourth corner of our trip. The ride to Caribou was outstanding. The entire trip on Highway 1 runs up mountains into the blue sky and clouds, and then down into valleys of forests, lakes, marshlands, and inland waters. It runs through small communities, sometimes with homes and businesses alongside the highway collapsing from age and lack of maintenance. Most of the homes were very nice, however, and set back on large lots of nicely maintained grass and landscape. We were looking out for the moose and other creatures well known to frequent the area which create a great hazard to motorists, especially motorcyclists. We saw some smaller creatures, but unfortunately no moose. We found the local Harley dealership in Caribou, and then a hotel, and settled in for the night.