Day 16: Slow Wet Day in Maine
Today is our last of four days in Maine. We have enjoyed lobster every day, parks, small towns, the Atlantic Ocean, bays and wetlands. Now we will be going to Boston. We got a late start from Brunswick this morning and headed to Freeport, home of LL Bean, our first stop. The LL Bean campus (I know it is a campus because a sign said "No smoking on the LL Bean Campus) is a series of buildings that add up to 175,000 square feet of retail space. There were green shirted staff everywhere who were very helpful and well informed. We bought a couple of items. Then off to a small hole in the wall on the water in South Freeport to find some lobster. We shared a lobster that had been put on the scale and weighed, cooked and presented to us with melted butter. After Freeport we went to an industrial park on the outskirts of Portland to an amazing brewery that specializes in Belgian type beers. We happened to arrive just when a tour of Allagash Brewery started so we got to taste 4 different brews (all on the house) and make a tour of the brewery. Some of their beers are aged in whiskey barrels from Jim Beam and some are aged for 4 years. They distribute widely on the East Coast and in Southern Cal. We were aware of these last two places thanks to Cathy Merrill's sister Stephanie. From there we made our way to Wells, checked in to our motel and went to dinner at a restaurant that sources its food locally. Kristen Six' mother had recommended Joshua Restaurant to us. The food was excellent and we discovered that one of the cooks is from Bellingham. We talked with Chaz for a moment on our way out.
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| LL Bean |
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| Barrel at Allagash |
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| Gnocchi Plate at Joshua |
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