We had plans to ride the road near Eagle Lake, but I forgot to mention that the night we arrived a freak storm hit the island and brought 5” of rain in a very short time accompanied by strong winds. This storm ended up damaging several of the roads, so the Park Rangers closed them down for repairs. It was a little disappointing, but it gives us an excuse to return.
Instead, we took a road that ran from Hadlock Pond to Jordan Pond. While the scenery was awesome, neither Jenny nor I had been on a bike for a while, and this section of the carriage roads was a little more up and down than we were expecting. It ended up being a tough but beautiful ride. The roads have several stone bridges in parts of the park that are cool to see.
Once we made it to Jordan Pond, we were going to treat ourselves to lunch at the famous Jordan Pond House. However, when we arrived, we learned that the restaurant had a gas leak that they were working to repair and had to close temporarily. Luckily enough, we learned that the leak would be fixed soon, and they would be reopening. We got in the already long line of people waiting and were a little skeptical of our chances to get seated right away. Sure enough when we got to the front of the line, we were told it would be an hour and half before we would be seated. We took our pager with the intent of exploring the pond area for a while until our table was ready. We hadn’t even left the restaurant area when our pager went off. We were both confused but went to see the hostess and were immediately seated in an awesome spot overlooking Jordan Pond. We weren’t entirely sure how this all happened, but we felt blessed.
The food here is fairly good. We shared an order of their famous popovers - pastries served with butter and jam. They’re a fun, little treat. We then shared an amazing lobster stew that was filled with huge chunks of lobster meat. It was a nice break before we had to get back on the bikes and head back to our car.
Before getting on the bikes, we did spend a few minutes exploring the south side of Jordan Pond. It is a beautiful pond nestled in the middle of forests and hills.
Break over, back on the bikes…
This ended up being a full-day excursion, and we really did enjoy this experience even though it ended up being more work than we were prepared for. I think the most frustrating part was being passed by the wimps on e-bikes. But I think if we were going to do this particular ride over again, we would join the wimps.
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