(Boston)-Andover-Portsmouth-Portland-Bath -(Boston) 3-day multimodal bike tour
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Join us for a three-day trip joining some of the nicest near-sea towns in MA, NH and ME. Includes coffee or overnight stops at historic Amesbury, Exeter, Portsmouth, Kittery, Portland, Bath (with historic Cafe Creme), the Androscoggin Riverside Trail, and, should we have enough time, a grand finale toast at the SeaDog Brewery at the Bowdoin Mill Island in Topsham just out of Brunswick. C 53 miles/day, around 12 mph (my day-long average speed is 11 mph inc hills). Day 1 Andover- Portsmouth, day 2 Portsmouth- Portland, day 3 Portland Brunswick- Bath- Brunswick- train back. The beauty of this plan is that, if needed, it can be a one day (returning from Portsmouth by bus) or 2 day (returning from Portland by train) or 3 day, and can be canceled if the weather is not good. It also requires reserving a bicycle spot for the way back in the Amtrak from Brunswick, which each person needs to do separately. (Best option: reserve for 5:45pm train Brunswick-Boston North Station; if no bicycle spots are available, you can reserve for the previous train, for a train the next day, or try taking your bike on the bus.) (Reccommended lodgings: near downtown (important). For Portsmouth: Anchorage Inn; for Portland, TBA, possibly Holiday Inn Portland By the Bay or, Inn at St Johns). The trip stars with a 7:00 am commuter train ride (time TBC once summer schedule is published) from North Station to Andover; meet at North Station 6:40 am.