PEAKS ISLAND BY BIKE

We thoroughly enjoyed our visit to Peaks Island back in June and wanted to return, this time biking around the island. We parked in the Back Cove area and rode along the coastline bike path to the Portland waterfront, where we boarded the ferry for Peaks Island. 

We went with our friends from Gainesville, Lorraine and Mike.  As we started riding along the coast road, we enjoyed the views of the water and nearby islands.  But we had reason to stop along the way to view some special creations lining the rocky coastline. 

Here we are at a rock art garden along the rocks lining the island coastline. Both residents and visitors have taken a lot of time to make these artistic sculptures. There was significantly more sculptures here now than we saw in June.

We were surprised that the tall structures were so stable and had not toppled over.

The most creative sculpture we saw was this fisherman. The "artist" used dried greenery for the fishing pole as well as a bit of fishing line going down into the water.  Representative of the laid back lifestyle of island living.
 

While riding around Peaks, we passed the only grocery store on the island, Hannigan's Island Market. The Hannigan's truck was on the ferry back to Portland to get groceries for the store. We liked their unique way of saying that they have everything you might need if you are living on Peaks Island.

After a nice lunch at the Peaks Inn, we headed back to Portland on the ferry. Downtown Portland is picturesque from Casco Bay.

We returned to the campground for a nice visit complete with a picnic supper. We thank Lorraine and Mike for sharing a lot of local information with us to help us explore the Greater Portland area on our days off.