Westbound

We moved down to Ellsworth for a week, the hottest temps so far, touching the 90's.  First things first, we wanted to get to Bagaduce Lunch, another favorite.  Nice day, great food and view.

Another thing we wanted to do our last week was have a real lobster feast that we cooked, and splurge on big lobsters.  BTW, the prices this year have been super.  We went to Trenton Bridge Lobster, a lobster in the rough joint just as you hit the bridge to Mount Desert Island, it has been there since 1956.  A few years ago with Jan's sister Karen and Tom, we all bought lobsters from them and cooked a feast, what made it stand out was they put a pile of seaweed in the bag with the lobsters.  When we cooked them, with the seafood, years ago, we all remarked that they were particularly good, the seaweed?  Anyway we wanted to try it again and went to get a 2 pounder and a 3 pounder.  We set up our cooker in our site and steamed them up.

Then the lobsters, Jan put one to sleep.

Two big lobsters covered with a bit of that seaweed

Asleep

Dinner time!

Every last morsel

And yes, we do think the seaweed adds a certain something setting them apart.

Another thing we wanted to do was do the Jordan Pond hike in Acadia National Park, one of our absolute favorites.  In the truck at 0450am, on the hike at 0555am, yes, it is completely light at that time this far east.  So worth it, passed one guy until we were almost done and even then only passed 2 small groups.

Heading down to the pond

The "Bubbles" in the distance

The Happy Hiker

Then on the way back at an overlook above Bar Harbor, two cruise ships in the fog.

Not done with the seafood eating yet, our last week right?  Off to Angler's in Searsport for delicious haddock chowder, grilled haddock, and a haddock sandwich, the trifecta:-)

Then back to Eagle's Nest in Brewer for a last bowl of lobster stew and a whole belly clam roll,

At this point we are counting the hours left in Maine, but we had one more thing in mind, lobster rolls, homemade lobster rolls!  We got enough for 2 lunches, one our last day there and then on our travel day out of Maine and into New Hampshire where we are now.  Right along the flooded Connecticut River in the heat, 90!  The lobster rolls were sublime as we said our goodbyes.

So now we are in North Haverhill, NH at a nice campground, River Meadow for a couple days before Vermont and then Buffalo.

See ya down the road.