We spent today in familiar territory, driving secondary roads out of NH and connecting with US 1 in Freeport, home of LL Bean. (Been there, done that!) Route 1 is really interesting, but its slow going! The towns of Freeport, Bath, Wiscasset, Damariscotta, Rockland, and Camden are beautiful! Big old homes in excellent condition (all white, of course), thriving downtowns, lots of tourists. Great restaurants selling fresh seafood (lobster rolls!). However, as soon as you get back out into the rural areas, its another world....run down homes, closed businesses. And all the roads are terrible!
We had our obligatory lobster roll for lunch at a little place on the pier. It was great but VERY expensive (20 bucks each). Lobster is priced daily, so you never know. Last time we were here, 2012, it was cheap!However, we noticed McDonalds selling a lobster roll for $8.99 (probably frozen out of a bag).
We checked in at our Comfort Inn, bought a Subway sandwich and headed up to Schoodic Point. This is a remote section of Acadia, not connected to the main park. Its about a 45 minute drive. Its known for its rocky coastline and crashing waves. I've been there many times over my life and can attest to the drama of the crashing waves. However, the last two times we've been here, the sea was calm! Darn! Oh well, we carried on with our plan and set up our chairs, looking at the ocean and eating our Subways! It was chilly but thankfully no wind! It was raining by the time we got back to our hotel.
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| Bath Iron Works |
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| Damariscotta |
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| Bucksport bridge |
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| Cadillac Mtn in the distance |
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| Flag |
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