Hwy 1, down the Maine coast, we went... |
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| or it could be up the coast, depending on where you start. While in Bar Harbor, we decided to take a day trip down about 1/2 way to Portland, as far as Camden. If we have time, we will do the rest of the trip and head north from Portland. | |
Castine is our first stop... |
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| The Maine Maritime Academy ships... you can learn everything about being a mariner. | Part of the marina and boats anchored by the town of Castine. |
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| It's hard to believe, a home was on this property before the "current" one, which just happened to be built in 1765. Yowzer. | A couple of older large homes in Castine. |
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| Just to let you know that Paul Revere and his son, Joseph, both made bells for this particular church... | and this is the church, First Parish of Castine or better known as the First Congregational Society, Unitarian. |
Bucksport and Ft. Knox are next on the stop list... |
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| Supposedly the leg of a witch that was burned at the stake, was sent to her death by Col. Jonathan Buck. | Story behind the tombstone to the left or check out this website. |
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| Penobscot Narrows suspension bridge across the Penobscot River. | Bucksport across the river... |
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| "C" Battery along the river at Ft. Knox. | Jim and cannon mounts inside the casemates at the fort. |
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| more artillery mounts ("D" Battery), the main building where the soldiers lived, and in the fog behind, the suspension bridge supports. | This is "Fort Knox". |
Searsport |
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| Two streets in the town is a museum... | but it was raining, so Jim and I just drove around and looked at the buildings, didn't go into any of them to see all of the old stuff ;) |
Belfast is next... |
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Great old buildings, known for Primrose Hill District along High Street where prosperous merchants had their homes. |
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Camden is our turn around point for today... |
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| Hwy 1 goes right through the town of Camden. During the weekend it can be bumper to bumper... | Garden at the local public library. |
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| The harbor full of boats, I really like the old wooden one to the left. | These restaurants are built over a river... |
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| Water falls to the harbor... | the "lake" under the restaurant... |
We stop for late lunch at Lincolnville... |
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| Gosh, another lobster pound, this one just along Hwy 1 in Lincolnville... | Decimated lobsters, they gave it up for the good life... |
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| View of the Isleboro Ferry from the lobster pound. John Travolta and Kirsti Alley have properties over on the island... | The small beach at Lincolnville, a little too chilly for people to be out and about... |
Last stop was Fort Point State Park |
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| Fort Point Lighthouse | Fog Bell Tower |
From Portland, we head a little further south to Old Orchard Beach |
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| This is a huge family beach, shops, shops and more shops! food, food and more food! You couldn't go anywhere without the crowds, no matter what they day during the summer. | |
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| The actual beach, it was cold and dreary. The life guards are sitting on the beach in their sweats, no bathing suits today... | No matter how dreary, there is always someone on the beach, these kids were playing in the surf. |
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| Looking down the other side of the beach from under the boardwalk. | Up on the boardwalk, eat, drink and be merry... oh yeah, shop 'til you drop too! |
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| Looking down the main drag towards the boardwalk. It's all lined with food and other types of shops. | As we walked around, we found this lovely home for sale. |
our next coastal town is Freeport... |
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| We stopped at the Maine Distillery, hoping that we could do a little tasting, well, by law they can't let you taste and the next tour was too late for us. | So, I just bought a small sample of their vodka, not the blueberry vodka, just the plain 'ole potato vodka. |
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| Freeport is all about the shopping really, this is an old converted home, probably built in the last 1700's, to sell you your next pair of Reebok running shoes. | What Freeport, ME is famous for, L.L. Bean, open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year... I was not impressed, I guess I had built it up in my mind to something much bigger. Stick with the catalog or online shopping :) |
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| I couldn't pass this up, a replica of brook trout in a stream... | We ate dinner at the Gritty's restaurant and brewery... |
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| Heading on in, I was getting hungry! | We did a beer sampler, there were 7 beers to try... we did eat a little too :) |
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| Lunch before all of the shopping was this seaside lobster pound in Harraseeket. | The local marina next to the restaurant. |
On Friday, we did our last jaunt up the coast from
Portland. We drove up to Boothbay Harbor and worked our way
back...Boothbay Harbor |
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| The harbor at Boothbay... people getting to load onto a site-seeing boat. | Since we are going to have lobster rolls for lunch, I had to try the local Lobster Ale from Belfast Bay. |
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| There is an entire lobster in this lobster roll, the tail, and both claws. Talk about YUM! | One of the local Inns... |
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| This red English style phone booth is for you Dave :) | Across the same harbor... heading to Ocean Point. |
Ocean Point |
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| In Ocean Point, you leave the crowds behind as you follow a picturesque lane that twists along the rocky shore and past a colony of vintage summer homes. | |
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| Sailing around Ocean Point. | Vacation homes line up on the ocean shore... |
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| Ocean Point Lighthouse... | A beautiful river stone church... |
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I just loved this old church. If you like it too, you could even buy it. |
Next stop, Wiscasset |
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| Red's Eats, famous in Wiscasset, when we drove by the first time into town, boy, the line was a couple of blocks long. | Another great home, probably owned by a Maritime Captain at one time. Wiscasset was one of the busiest seaports in the early years.. |
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| Another Captains home, once upon a time... | This one was too, they are both private homes today. |
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Castle Tucker, we did the tour. They are still in the process of renovating the house back to the original 1860 style of Capt. Richard Tucker. |
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Bath |
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| Church steeples from the bridge over the Kennebec River. | Part of the Maine Maritime Museum & Boatyard, a ship that you can tour (when open). |
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| Wyoming: life-size sculpture of the largest wooden sailing vessel ever built. They still have more structure to add to the sculpture, but it is starting to look like a ship. | Part of the Bath Iron Works shipyard, you can't take pictures very well, it is behind closed doors, no pictures allowed under penalty of the law. |
Topsham for dinner |
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| Historic old mill astride the Androscoggin River... broken up into shops and offices. | Down below is the Sea Dog Brewery Company... |
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| The sun starting to dip over the falls on the Androscoggin River | Inside the Sea Dog Brewery Restaurant, Jim and I had dinner here, we were really hungry and I wanted to try another beer :) |
