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A participant in the 2013 Trek Across Maine coasts down Route 2 in Wilton as a tractor-trailer approaches Friday.
Brady Fenderson, 3, gives Danielle Tripp, 17, her book as they relax Friday afternoon at their campsite on Prescott Field in Farmington during Friday’s opening day of the 2013 Trek Across Maine. They are part of the 16-member The Heritage Company team from Waterboro. Some team members are doing the trek for the 18th time.
Bruce Hall and his son, Eric, of Lewiston cruise through the parking lot at the University of Maine at Farmington on Friday afternoon after crossing the finish line on the first day of the Trek Across Maine. The 180-mile ride is the largest American Lung Association cycling event in the country.
Tracie Mitchell of Windham, left, rests her legs up against a building at the University of Maine at Farmington after finishing the first day of the Trek Across Maine on Friday. It’s the fifth trek she and her sister Cheryl Diehl of Gray, right, have done. “I do this to reduce the buildup of lactic acid that has accumulated during the ride,” Mitchell said. More than 2,000 bikers will leave Farmington for the second day of the ride, which ends at Colby College in Waterville on Saturday. The ride concludes Sunday in Belfast.
Georgia Frizzell of Hope cheers on bikers at the finish line at the University of Maine at Farmington during Friday’s first day of the 2013 Trek Across Maine.
Stephen Higgins of Presque Isle adjusts a bike in the parking lot of the student center at the University of Maine at Farmington during Friday’s opening day of the 2013 Trek Across Maine. Higgins volunteered at one of several bike repair stations set up along the route and at the start and finish lines.
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