Saturday, August 10, 2013

Sugarloaf Mountain, Maine

We spent the past weekend hanging out with our friends Alex and Hillary near Eustis, Maine. They live right at the base of Sugarloaf Ski Mountain. Alex works for Vestas commissioning wind turbines and is currently stationed here. Below are a few pictures of some similar wind turbines that we passed in NY.



We spent Friday morning just hanging out around their house doing laundry, watching tv, cooking in a kitchen…all the luxuries you miss when traveling. We went for a mountain bike ride that afternoon and were able to just ride from their house which was really neat. There is a fairly new biking trail system that is built within their cross country ski trails. The riding was great, as was the scenery. We finished off our ride at the Sugarloaf disk golf course and played a round of disc golf. Hillary is a really great cook and we enjoyed hanging out and having dinner that evening.

On Saturday, Alex and Hillary had the day off and we were able to all go riding together. We started on an old rail trail and then rode several trails through the area. We spent most of the day exploring on bikes and picking some mushrooms for dinner. It was a great ride. Normally when Will and I ride mountain bikes he is lots faster and so just waits for me at the trail intersections, but with all 4 of us riding, Alex and Will were able to ride together and so Hillary and I had lots of fun attempting to conquer the rocks together. We enjoyed an evening soak in the river and hot tub followed by some pretty amazing barbeque brisket pizza for dinner. Such a great weekend and lots of fun to be able to spend it with friends. Huge thanks to Alex and Hillary for letting us hang out with you, sharing your house, and feeding us lots of good food this weekend! 







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