Goodbye to Maine, Already!?!

Our time here has flown by, as we knew it would, and it's already time to say good bye.  We spent only 2 nights at Shore Hills in Boothbay as Chewonki was full for those days.  Since we were near Boothbay Harbor we wanted to go over to Trevett Country Store and get an awesome haddock sandwich, plenty big enough to share and oh so delicious.

And after lunch we took a ride over to River Road and to an oyster farm we have driven by at least 10 times over the years and never gone in, this was the year.  We drove in to a very well organized operation that provides oyster tours, oysters, shucking instruction, etc.  We don't know much about specific Maine oysters so we got a mixed dozen, 3 each of 4 different varieties.  Stupidly we didn't take a picture of the names of the oysters and we can't remember what they were.  There are hundreds of varieties we found out.  So we were handed our dozen on ice, asked if we needed to learn how to shuck, no we already knew how, handed a towel and an oyster knife.  Then you go find a seat, shuck and eat your oysters.

So what did we learn, first of all it is a great experience, a lot of fun in a very pretty location, but we really didn't like the local oysters very much:-(  Way too briny for our taste, not awful, but it did prevent us from buying any more.

Then we moved over to Chewonki into one site for 2 nights and then over to a better site for 4 more.  We had several last shot restaurants to go to, and first on the list was Shaw's in New Harbor, it is a picturesque, real working harbor.  We had a delicious lunch that delivered on all fronts, probably the best lobster stew on the planet, sorry Billy's, flavorful haddock bites and awesome onion rings, all the food groups!

We had another place to go, Moody's Diner an institution since 1934, and we had planned a major splurge.  Just so you don't think we only eat seafood, they have a sensational open face hot turkey sandwich, real carved turkey served with real mashed potatoes covered in homemade gravy, wonderful.

And then the splurge, we both joined in, real Maine blueberry pie a la mode, oh my!

I am still drooling just looking at the picture:-)

We had a rendezvous that we were really looking forward to, meeting very special friends for lunch and a visit, Diane and Donald, Diane goes all the way back to high school!  We had another delicious lunch at McLoon's and a pleasant visit.  They were camped nearby and we went back with them to enjoy a cup of coffee, that Donald roasts himself, grinds himself, and brews like an art form, it was truly excellent!

So one more visit to Shaw's, had to have a final go at that awesome lobster stew, then we picked up some cooked lobsters for our traveling day lobster rolls.  Good bye Maine one big ding for making this trip so short is we sadly didn't have time to see our Maine friends, Bob, Scott & Sue, and Doug & Nancy:-(  So now back to Brattleboro, VT and Pine Grove, PA retracing our path getting here, then one more detour as we make our way back to Atlanta.