Maine in a Day
The quick trip to Maine was very interesting. It takes about 5 hours to drive from the farm in Ct to Brunswick Maine. We spent a week in Maine when David attended the Bowdoin Festival, and enjoyed it very much. So, as we were driving the Maine turnpike, it was suggested that I call and see if the Brunswick B and B had any rooms, well, they had two, so we booked them. We proceeded to drive out the the Harpswells, South of Brunswick. Destination--Morse Lobster. This place is hard to find. There is a little sign on the main road, then you have to drive down a gravel road, and there it is. It is basically a trailer, a dock and a few tables. The trailer is the kitchen. You order your lobster there, they cook it for you and you eat it at one of the tables. I always order a lobster roll. The two men ordered a lobster. The menu is simple, lobster, scallops, haddock, clams, chips, coleslaw, corn.
We then drove out to Bailey's Island to look at the cribstone bridge and decided to have a beer at Cooks Lobster restaurant. That was nice, sitting on a deck, and looking at all the boats, and at the cribstone bridge. Then on to Lands End, which my brother thought would be a cothing outlet. No, it has a huge shop full of every kind of Maine tourist junk. He bought about $30 worth of refrigerator magnets. I bought a snow globe and some salt water taffy. After we finished there, we checked into the B and B, and drove down to Freeport, so Pete could see the LL Bean. Freeport was shutting down for the day, so we wandered around for a little while. I bought some LL Bean crocks (a kind of plastic shoe) They bought nothing. So, back to Brunswick for dinner. We decided to eat at Morse Lobster's place in Brunswick. They ordered the twin lobsters. I ordered the lobster roll.
The next day we went out to Popham Beach. It's a great beach, and we just walked about 2 miles from the parking lot to the fort. The guys looked around the fort, and then we went for lunch at Spinney's. Guess what we ordered? Lobster rolls! What a bunch of lobster pigs! We walked back to the parking lot and set off to CT.
On the way back, we ran into heavy rain in Wooster. It was bad, couldn't see anything at all. By the time we got to CT, it had stopped. It seems that the storm was very bad in CT. The power was out in Lebanon, so we couldn't stay at the B and B. The lady figured the bill by candle light, and we set off to find a hotel in Norwich. There are a lot more hotels in the Norwich-New London area because of the casinos. We drove around for a while, and several roads were closed because of downed trees. We finally found a Courtyard by Marriot, and took one of the last rooms. It was very expensive, but we didn't want to drive around anymore.
We then drove out to Bailey's Island to look at the cribstone bridge and decided to have a beer at Cooks Lobster restaurant. That was nice, sitting on a deck, and looking at all the boats, and at the cribstone bridge. Then on to Lands End, which my brother thought would be a cothing outlet. No, it has a huge shop full of every kind of Maine tourist junk. He bought about $30 worth of refrigerator magnets. I bought a snow globe and some salt water taffy. After we finished there, we checked into the B and B, and drove down to Freeport, so Pete could see the LL Bean. Freeport was shutting down for the day, so we wandered around for a little while. I bought some LL Bean crocks (a kind of plastic shoe) They bought nothing. So, back to Brunswick for dinner. We decided to eat at Morse Lobster's place in Brunswick. They ordered the twin lobsters. I ordered the lobster roll.
The next day we went out to Popham Beach. It's a great beach, and we just walked about 2 miles from the parking lot to the fort. The guys looked around the fort, and then we went for lunch at Spinney's. Guess what we ordered? Lobster rolls! What a bunch of lobster pigs! We walked back to the parking lot and set off to CT.
On the way back, we ran into heavy rain in Wooster. It was bad, couldn't see anything at all. By the time we got to CT, it had stopped. It seems that the storm was very bad in CT. The power was out in Lebanon, so we couldn't stay at the B and B. The lady figured the bill by candle light, and we set off to find a hotel in Norwich. There are a lot more hotels in the Norwich-New London area because of the casinos. We drove around for a while, and several roads were closed because of downed trees. We finally found a Courtyard by Marriot, and took one of the last rooms. It was very expensive, but we didn't want to drive around anymore.
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