Canada/Maine 2014: Bar Harbor to Scarborough, Maine

Sunday, September 21st to Tuesday the 23rd.  181 miles, and camped at Bayley's RV Park, in Scarborough, Maine.

Site 64 A

We left Mt. Desert Narrows Campground about 9:00 Sunday morning and arrived at Bayley's about 1:00.  It was smooth driving all the way.  We called friends Chris and Tim, and they arranged to stop over later for dinner.  We ordered take out lobster, and was it ever good.

On Monday we met Chris and Tim at their house in South Portland for breakfast.  Next up was  a trip to nearby Fort Williams Park to walk the dogs.  Portland Head Lighthouse is also located there.  Construction on the lighthouse began in 1787 at the direction of George Washington, and was completed in 1791.

Susie and Al checking out the lighthouse.

Later we made the obligatory shopping trip to the LL Bean Flagship store in nearby Freeport.  You can't be this close to LL Bean and not go there.  Then back to the Old Port section of Portland to pick up seafood at the Harbor Fish Market for the evening meal.  Mark, Joanne and Jon joined us. Chris has this amazing recipe for seafood chowder, which we consumed until we couldn't eat any more.

The next day, Tuesday, Al and Susie went to Topsham to visit an old friend.  Chris and Tim met up with us and we took the dogs for a walk/run on Pine Point Beach.  The beach rules said we could let the dogs run off leash.  Tim and Chris have a Golden Doodle named Dooley who loves to run and play.  My Zoey and Dooley ran and swam until they were exhausted.  We didn't quite dare let Judy's Zoey, an Alaskan Malamute, off leash because of her hunter instinct.

After the walk, we went to Old Port for some lunch and shopping.  Portland has made a real effort to maintain the waterfront as a working harbor and not let it turn into a yacht club for the rich.

That night it was dinner at Mark and Joanne's house, where we did BBQ chicken and steaks.  Again, we had an another wonderful evening of great food, wine, conversation, and laughter.

Tomorrow, Wednesday we start the two day trip back to Gouverneur, stopping in Quechee, Vermont for one night.