Goal Reached!

That's right, Michael reached his destination, the Atlantic Ocean about 15 miles north of Portland, Maine, today - September 10th, 2008. He called us here at CLBL right after he'd eaten a celebratory dinner of Maine Lobster...and then a follow-up meal of fish and chips!

He would have reached the site yesterday, but was held up by one of the hurricanes - it poured rain and when the lightening started he turned back to the town that he'd just left (was about 5 miles into the ride) and found a good hotel to wait it out. The hotel owners were wonderful and cooked him up an amazing pasta dinner!

After a day off and time to ship his bicycle back to CA, he is getting on a plane in Portland and flying to Indianapolis. He is going back to the dairy where he stopped off earlier in the trip, as they have asked him to fill in as manager for a few weeks. The interim manager needs a vacation and the new one is not yet there! So, two weeks of paid work, and a place to stay. After his time there, he will head to Colorado to do some river rafting.

Congratulations Michael! He promised pictures when he gets to the dairy.

Mary