Maine, April 12, 2011

We decided to spend a second night in Brunswick. After breakfast at the motel we dropped off some laundry at local place then drove to Portland.

We followed the coast highway north back towards Freeport. Lots of huge beautiful New England style houses.

We had a bit of a quest. Karen wanted to dip her feet in the Atlantic but it became a real challenge. There is very little public access to the water , at least in this area. There are docks and wharfs but they are all far above the shoreline. 

After lots of driving down many twisty little roads we finally found a small beach access. It was down a short road with a " Private" sign on it but we went anyway and Karen achieved her goal.

My goal was to have my picture taken with the giant boot at LL Bean. I must be a more shallow person!

Freeport is LL Bean central, they have 4 seperate stores for each of their departments and their headquarters here. I think they must be the largest employer around.

Our other goal was a lobster dinner but the nearest restaurant serving fresh lobster was 15 miles away . We were tired of driving all day so we settled for a pub diinner with " chowdah" , as it's pronounced heah.

Tomorrow we head a little furthur south before turning west into New Hampshire and Vermont

2 geese for Brian and Joan

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