Since the sunrise in Maine is 4:55am, the group woke up early as we were getting baked in the rising sun in our tents. Due to the rain storms, it took a long time to dry out tents and get packed up. Oddly, the women's restroom was locked at the campsite, so we all had to share the men's room, which slowed the process of getting ready a bit.
Everyone left camp by 9 am, with an immediate hill climb out of camp and then we proceeded to bike up another hill in the wrong direction, so we had to turn around and ride up the other side of the same dang hill to get back on course. It was a shorter day of riding (54ish miles) through country roads to Camden, Maine, along busy Route 1 to Waldoboro and a combo of quiet and busy roads into camp in Newcastle.
The highlight of the day was meeting my co-worker Ryan at Moody's Diner in Waldoboro. Ryan is a local and recommended the place, so I recommended it to everyone else. It turned out that the one of the owner's wives has MS, so it seemed almost serendipitous that we stopped there. They want to put us on their website and Facebook page! We met the owner, but not his wife, unfortunately. She is apparently not using a wheelchair, which is great that her MS still seems manageable. I hope her body stays as healthy as possible for a very long time! They were so thankful at the diner for our riding cause that everyone got a free whoopie pie, my first one, too! And it was delicious, as was the rest of the food.
Coming into camp, my knee pain was really flaring up. We set up our sleeping bags in a local church that kindly welcomed us, then we to eat at a local seafood restaurant. I could barely walk after dinner and had to go to Rite Aid to buy some knee braces. I've never had pain like this before, so I really hope it doesn't keep getting worse. Thankfully, between the physical therapist, the massage therapist and the mechanic, I might be able to get it figured out.
Tomorrow is going to be a very long riding day at 74 miles, so I hope it feels better by morning.
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