The Penobscot River from the Penobscot Narrows Bridge Parking Lot.
Today, I rented a car in Bangor, Maine and drove to Portsmouth, New Hampshire to visit some friends. I didn't go by the crash site, but I did go by the roads I should have ridden on (Highway 1A on the west side of the Penobscot River) - they had less traffic and better shoulders.
I was riding, however, into the sun, heading west, on a country road (though with a shoulder) and I just put the sun shade down to make sure I could see what was ahead. My point is that the truck driver has a responsibility to not hit me. If anyone noticed in the newspiece (see the last day's post), the sheriff implied that I was somehow responsible for being hit. Come on. A driver of a vehicle has a responsibility not to run someone over. These are day light hours we are talking about.
Phew...
As for the drive today. I returned to Bucksport where I visited Fort Knox, a Civil War Era fort that was never used because the government didn't have the funds to complete it. But it makes for a nice visit. At Fort Knox, I met two 20-something bike tourists. They were also on a small tour of Maine. The following are pictues of the fort. The first picture is the breezeway between the inner and outer walls. If an invading force got over the outer wall, they could be shot at from both sides of this passage way.
This is the passageway inside the outer wall.
I also stopped at the tour of the bridge across the river. This bridge spans the Penobscot Narrows. It is only one of three bridges in the world that has an observatory in it.
Downtown Bucksport
Verona Island
