Zip Zamarchi, who has toured Europe and the United States on his antique high wheeler bikes, will join Ed Talone as he completes his historic first walk across Maine along the East Coast Greenway. Talone, who began his walk in Calais on August 30, will be joined by Zamarchi in Eliot on the afternoon of September 17 as together they travel to the Kittery-Portsmouth bridge. Zip Zamarchi, a retired Eliot, Maine plumbing contractor and collector of antique bicycles, is a member of the Eastern Trail Alliance and represents the Town of Eliot on the board of the Eastern Trail Management District.

The East Coast Greenway, the "trail connecting cities", is one of the 16 National Millennium Trails in the US and will link nearly every urban center along the Eastern seaboard from Maine’s Canadian border to the southern tip of Florida. The entire 2,600 mile corridor has been mapped.. The Greenway is 20% complete and on-track to be 80% off-road by 2010.

About this trip Ed says; " I am looking forward to seeing lots of beautiful scenery along the Maine coast. This will be a new experience for me. I am excited by the concept of the East Coast Greenway and am honored to have a chance to contribute. I hope that supporters of the trail will come out to join me for a walk as I head south."

(8/31 Depart Calais -) -- 8/31 East Machias, 9/1 Columbia Falls, 9/2 Unionville, 9/3 West Sullivan, 9/4 Ellsworth, 9/5 Verona Park, 9/6 Halls Corner, 9/7 Camden, 9/8 Waterman Beach, 9/9 Waldoboro, 9/10 Pemaquid, 9/11 Sheepscot, 9/12 Brunswick, 9/13 Yarmouth

9/14 Arrive South Portland to begin Eastern Trail to Kittery, 9/15 arrive Biddeford, arrive 9/16 North Berwick, 9/17 end Kittery