Enroute to Our Next Project

We left Maine with our very last "on the road" lobster rolls and made our way on a rainy day to Brattleboro, VT.  We had two things, actually 3 to do while there.  First was to go next door to a farm stand and get real tomatoes.  Second was to go to the Woodstock Farmer's Market and pick up some locally raised pork chops.  We hit pay dirt and got a dozen or so, also picked up some excellent fresh tuna for dinner, so along with the tomatoes, we had fresh green beans and rice as well.

Thirdly was to go into Manchester, VT to the Orvis Flagship store as well as their outlet.  Jan managed to find a few items.

Next was on to Buffalo to visit our son, Jason and his family, but this time unfortunately Joanne was away on business, and Jax was off with his grandmother, so it was quiet time with Jason.  He splurged and made us a wonderful prime rib one night!

Then on our last night Joanne got home so we got to see her for a little bit, and also her parent's, Joe and Donna.  It was short, but a nice visit nonetheless.

Joanne, Donna, and Joe

We bid them farewell and went into Pennsylvania to visit Jan's cousins, MaryBeth, her husband Jim, and Susan, and her husband Bob.  We had a wonderful time, the stories kept coming, we kept laughing and had a wonderful visit.  We went to Susan's for a delicious dinner the first night.

And this is how most of the time was spent:-)

Bob, Moi, and Jim

We had met MaryBeth and Jim in Maine for a short visit two years previously and somehow the subject of fishing had come up.  Jim mentioned that he went to Lake Erie often and would catch a bunch of walleye.  That prompted me to ask about walleye, you see I have heard for most of my life that walleye is probably the best eating fish in existence, and I, nor Jan had ever had an opportunity to taste any.  Sure enough they concurred with the deliciousness of it and let us know that if we made it there they would feed us some walleye.  Well, let me tell you, it is absolutely true, it is probably the very best fish we have ever eaten, and that includes a lot of saltwater fish, it was awesome, and they outdid themselves, perfectly delicious awesome dinner!  And did I take any pictures of the fish, no I didn't, I was too busy eating:-)

So after another great evening we bid them goodbye, headed down the road along with several pounds of frozen walleye, thank you again!!!

Moi, MaryBeth, Jim, Jan, Susan, and Bob

What a great time we had.  So now we have moved farther west into Ohio, then into Indiana where we have an appointment for some paint work on our motorhome.  I will have much more to share in a few days, our fingers are crossed.

Good Bye Maine

Getting ready to leave Moosehead Lake on our way to Stockton Springs we noticed our route took us right by a favorite restaurant of our's, Anglers, not that we hadn't already been there several times before:-)  We told each other that very soon all this wonderful food will be gone and they have one of the best haddock sandwiches anywhere and a large parking lot, hmm, sounds like a plan.

In the parking lot

The awesome haddock sandwiches

We had never been to the campground in Stockton Springs before, but it looked good on the website and had decent reviews, well, what a disappointment.  It is billed and called an RV resort, hah, no amenities at all, short narrow gravel sites, with grounds that didn't look like they had been tended to in weeks.  The only saving grace was its location and it was dark and quiet at night.  But it put us in position for our last few goals.  First was to go to an all time favorite, Bagaduce Lunch, awesome as usual!

A scrumptious lunch of clams, scallops, and onion rings!

Jan had a hair appointment to go to in Ellsworth and my job while she was there was to get our final good bye lobsters for dinner, and a couple more to make "on the road" lobster rolls.  Mission accomplished.  It really turned into a trek.  We have been visiting Ellsworth, Acadia, MDI since way back in the 70's, in fact we honeymooned in the area in 73, and each of us had visited as kids with our families.  Now just as you leave the mainland to MDI you go by Trenton Bridge Lobster Pound.  They have been there since 1956 serving lobsters in the rough, you pick out your lobster, they toss it in a burlap bag, cook it in boiling seawater over a wood fire, classic, and I can specifically remember eating there as a kid.  Anyway, they always have the freshest lobsters, any size, and they do something we have never seen anywhere else in our travels, they pile some seaweed into the bag after the lobsters for you to add to the water you boil them in, and we have found it gives them an amazing added flavor, so obviously that is where I went.  Jan's hair place was north of Ellsworth several miles and Trenton Bridge is 16 miles south of Ellsworth and it is high season, 45 minutes later I had the lobsters, I took a roundabout way back, helps to know the area, so made it back much quicker.  So that evening we had our lobster feast!

These are the 2 "little" guys 1.3 lbs each
for the on the road lobster rolls

These are the dinner feast ones, 3 lbs on the left and 2 lbs on the right:-)

The famous seaweed

A'boiling away

Tada!

The last couple bites, that's what bliss looks like:-)

And man o man were they fantastic, and if you ever get a chance to get seaweed, do it.

So one more day and one more thing to do, we wanted to go to Camden, walk around a bit and eat at a restaurant overlooking the beautiful Camden harbor, Waterfront.

Blackened haddock tacos

A haddock Rachel sandwich

And the very happy campers.

That brought us to the end of Maine, an excellent couple months worth.  So we are now making our way west with many more plans I will share as we go.

Oh yeah here were the lobsters destined for the rolls.

And here are our very last "on the road" home made lobster rolls, I can tell you we savored them:-)