Maine Coast

The last two days we have been exploring the Maine Coast. I was going to post and do pictures two night agos, but sleep got in the way. I curled up under a quilt to watch the football game and woke up at the beginning of the 3rd quarter! Too bad that happened because tonight I don’t have a connection that is worth anything so am typing in Word.
We drove from Bangor ( pronounced Bang gor) to Bar Harbor. It is a nice little harbor town, but the cruise ship was in so the streets were crammed. We continued on our way doing a loop around the island then over to Belfast for the evening. There are outer islands in this area so there isn’t wave action along the shore. Felt quite pampered last night with an ocean facing room.
On Tuesday we drove further down the southern coast of Maine. We saw a couple of abandoned forts. One was Fort Bass Harbor which termed the War of 1812 that unpleasantness between the Americans and the British. The other was by something head Lighthouse just south of Portland. Hear the coast is rocky and the waves are crashing just like our image of the Maine coast was. Also in Portland, we visited Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s boyhood home which now is in the downtown area.
We found a couple of quilt shops today . In Rockland we had a picnic of lobster rolls and wine at their waterfront park. We wandered into an antique store. Decided if I hope to find a pitcher and bowl I had better start looking. They didn’t have one, but we found a beautiful silver tray big enough for the tea service for $38.00! Has to be the find of the trip.
Rochester, New Hampshire is our stop tonight. We are going to Ware, Mass. tomorrow for 3 days. Leafing and genealogy are on the agenda. I am posting this from Amesbury, Mass in their library. It is a two story old building, very charming.