Thursday, July 24th

We awoke to a rainy, thundery morning and, knowing it was a travel day, decided to go into Freeport a mile or so away and begin our day with a Starbucks and pastry. Starbucks stores have been few and far between in our journey, so it was a treat to go there. I then took David over to the LL Bean Flagship Store so he could have some fun in the fishing and hunting departments. We finally left after he bought himself some fishing "waders" so he can truly do some stream fishing now like he's been promising.

We left Freeport around 1:00 PM and traveled Highway 1 up to Trenton, Maine. It was a scenic trip and we loved seeing all the small New England coastal villages. The road, however, was not in good shape -- so became a bit nerve-wracking from all the bumps and jostling. We arrived in Trenton around 4:30 PM and, after setting ourselves up at a lovely campground called "Timberland Acres", we decided to treat ourselves to a "real Maine" lobster dinner. We went to a nearby restaurant called the Union River Lobster Pot. I can't begin to describe how good our meal was ... David started out with oysters on the half shell (yuck ... ptui) and I ordered crabcakes. We then each ordered the lobster dinner, which included a 1.5 lb. whole steamed lobster, cole slaw, french fries, and rolls. The dinner came complete with bibs, a "claw cracker" and a special fork to clean out the good lobster meat. It was truly the most incredible lobster I've ever eaten -- and I had proudly proclaimed myself a lobster connissieur ... ha! I had no idea! Each morsel was a treat, and we each finished every bite of our meal. We then (because our server, Becky, talked us into it ...) shared a piece of wild Maine blueberry pie with vanilla ice cream. As I write this, I'm having trouble imagining that I'll ever eat again ... truly the best meal imaginable!

The next couple of days will take us the short trip over to Bar Harbor and the Acadia National Park - then on Sunday we head for the Boston area.

I saw two wild turkeys alongside the road today, and, according to some photos we saw at LL Bean, these turkeys run around 15-20 lbs. each. I'm sure glad we didn't run over one!