Abrupt ending followed by seafood feasts

 Tue. 7/13  - Still raining

Rain still coming down @ 11.  No way to make it to White River Junction (70 miles) ... so managed to find a taxi (This was no small task in Middlebury) to cut at least 20 miles off the ride.   After the first 20 miles... still raining, so I had Marv (the owner of this brand new taxi service) drive another 20 miles.  After lunch, it looked passable, so I rode the last 30 miles to White River Junction. 
Had a lovely dinner at Tuckerbox downtown... it's about a 200 ft drop from the hotel to the town.

Chicken Güveç (Earthenware casserole)
Grilled marinated chicken breast, with tomato, mushroom, onion, pepper, eggplant

 Wed. 7/14  - More rain forecast ... I give up!

Streets wet when I headed out to ride to Dartmouth College in Hanover to catch the Dartmouth Coach bus to Boston.  Arrived to Boston South Station before noon.  Rode through town (a bit harrowing) to North station and caught the MBTA commuter train to Newburyport.   From there, biked up to Seabrook NH, just over the MA border, for a 2-lobster early dinner at Markey's Lobster Pool.  Strangely laid out place.  You order sides, fried foods and soft drinks at one counter, order boiled stuff (lobsters, corn) at another counter, and beer and mussels at yet another counter.  Each is bought separately, so you don't really see the full financial impact as clearly, and it's difficult to coordinate timing (see below)... but it got the job done!

The 2-lobster lunch. 
Fries were already consumed by the time the lobster came out...

Continued up the coast through Hampton Beach ...  a kind of honkey tonk beach town ... to my intermediate stay in Hampton Falls.  

Thu. 7/15  - Clear weather, more feasting!

Foggy early morning, but otherwise dry.   After breakfast biked 6 mi. back down to Hampton Beach to sample the fried dough... since I was too full the night before to pack that in.

Then biked another 15 miles to Warren's Lobster House which is just across the NH border for a late lunch .  

View of the Piscataqua river from my table. 
It appeared to be flowing upstream, probably due to tides. 
I can see New Hampshire from my window... just like Sarah can see Russia from hers!

2 lobster tails with Ritz Cracker stuffing swimming in butter

Having now officially OD'd on lobster... I rode cross town to my hotel to relax a bit before dinner at Bob's Clam Hut, which, like my hotel, is on the northern edge of Kittery.  

Shades of Howard Johnson's... I'll have the clam strips!

Tomorrow... it's down to Boston to visit some relatives, then fly home.

This is my last blog post for this trip.  I expect the total mileage to be around 2400... a far cry from the original 3600 I had planned.   Shortfall is due to: 

1. Cutting the trip short by about 10 days to go to a wedding in Seattle.
2. Taking Amtrak, taxis, and other transit to accelerate the schedule and dodge rain in the East and excessive heat in the west.

Better luck next time!