Blogs from Boothbay Harbor, Maine, United States, North America

Geo: 43.8514, -69.6283Headed off to Boothbay harbour. Strangely lots of traffic out this way, not sure why. Beautifullittle harbour side town though. Found the Maine popcorn company andafter trying many decided to purchase the Salt and Vinegar andBuffalo Wings popcorn flavours. Also tried taffy and chocolatecoated Oreos. (Haven't tried the fried Oreos yet, but yet they frythem also). Stopped off at Wiscasset for lunch which we topped off with hot fudge icecream. I think we're eating our way through Maine.Came back through Freeport which has shopping outlets, but we had fun buying at North Facewith their 'sample' sale. Had a look through L L Bean which is huge and well themed. A bigger version of the store out of Tim Allen's 'Last Man Standing' show. Kirsten ran out of time to buy inNike store but runners ... read more

Geo: 43.8514, -69.6283Weather: 77 and sunny and perfect We couldn't ask for a more picturesque place and better weather. Our cottage is rustic and charming. The views are priceless. The town of Boothbay is beautiful, artsy, harborish and perfect. We are having a...well the only way to describe it is, a lovely time. We have spent two nights here. Today we explored the property here and moseyed on into town. The kids and I woke up around 7. I made my coffee and made them some hot chocolate and we sat on the deck and tried to take mental photographs of the scene before us. Peace and picturesque...until MATTHEW decides to speak loud enough for the lobster fisherman to hear him in the bay. How many times we have to tell him not to share our ... read more

Geo: 43.8514, -69.6283Stayed out too late last night. We had a slow start to the day. After breakfast and doing the laundry, we took the scooter around East Boothbay.We had dinner with two couples that we met last night. Then, we watched a band at a bar on the docks and headed back to the hotel.Bar Harbor and Arcadia National Park tomorrow.... read more

Today was another amazing drive to another beautiful sight in Maine. Our travels today took us to Boothbay Harbor. It was overcast this morning and quite cool (63 degrees) with an onshore breeze. It was cool enough for Sally and I to put on our jackets. We had a great time looking around the shops and of course had to have lobster for lunch. No dinner tonight though!! While in Boothbay Harbor we talked to a woman who suggested that we might want to go out to Pemaquid point and check out the light house. Pemaquid light house is a functioning light house that is maintained by the coast guard. Sally and I were able to climb to the top of the lighthouse although going up was much easier than coming down. The view was fantastic. ... read more

Going to bed last night we thought it just might get cold enough for a chance of snow. Still we were quite surprised when we looked out our hotel window to a fresh blanket of snow. Since we had a lot of ground to cover today, we had another early start to our drive. Snow flurries were still falling when we hit the road around 7am. Not having ever driven while the snow was falling, I was a little nervous about taking the wheel. Shea had some experience while she lived in South Dakota so she took the first driving shift. We drove towards northeast Vermont along Highway 2 to St. Johnsbury. By now the snow had turned into a light rain but it was still absolutely freezing. We stopped for a quick breakfast at McDonald's ... read more