Drive to Maine and Lighthousing

July 29 – It rained during the night but I was so tired I didn’t hear a thing.  I made breakfast then it was time to fill the water tank and empty the dirty water tanks and unhook the electric and cable.  It takes me a while as I’m not as familiar with Bill’s procedures.

We left for Maine around 10 and there was heavy traffic.  I guess everyone

One of the many shops down by the harbor

was heading further north for a cooler weekend.  Our campground was Blueberry Pond Campground in Pownal and once we were getting close we thought we might have made a wrong turn as the road turned to gravel and clay.  But, we Bill called and they said we were on the right road.  I hadn’t called Polly until we arrived and we had a nice chat and planned to meet in Augusta for dinner tomorrow.

I say he's the Gorton
Fish Filet guy

Burnt Island LIghthouse from
West Harbor

We left for West Boothby Harbor to see about a stamp for my Lighthouse Society Book and some photos of Burnt Island Lighthouse.  The boat trip to see it is only on certain days and we would not be around for that but I asked 2 people where I might get photos of it and I walked to the first spot and then Bill and I drove around the harbor to the other side and onto private property to see it better.  I didn’t get the best photos, but they were better than nothing.  No one had any idea how I get my stamp so I’ll have send a SASE (self addressed stamped envelope) to the mailing address to see if they will co-operate.

Burnt Island Lighthouse from East Harbor

By now we were getting pretty hungry so we stopped at a little lobster/fish/sandwich shop along the road, Karen’s Hideaway.  Bill had a burger and I had an awesome lobster roll, packed with lobster and we shared an order of homemade potato chips and saved the bags ones that came with our order. I do love lobster.

It was well over an hour drive to the harbor so we headed back and made a stop in Brunswick at the Wal-mart to get a new phone charging cord for my phone.  The one that worked best I broke when I shut the console lid in the car on it.  We ended up driving home in the dark and that gravel road was spooky!

I mapped out our plan for the other 3 lighthouses on my list and wrapped up the day with a bit of blogging.