After a stop in Ellsworth (at the LL Bean outlet), we made our first detour towards Blue Hill. The town was mentioned in the North America edition of "1000 Places to See Before You Die." It was a picturesque New England town that has become a bastion of chamber music in the northeast. Of course, we forgot to take any pictures as we made our way up the Penobscot peninsula...
Lunch was at Nana's Kitchen in Verona. It was a sparsely attended greasy spoon that served up perfect sandwiches and fries. We even got cake to go!
Lisa was excited to find the State of Maine Cheese Company, which was advertising their cheese curds. We sampled and got some snacking curds for the road. What would a road-trip be without cheese curds anyway?
We spent the night in Brunswick as intended - the goal for the next day would be Yarmouth. It was the weekend of the world famous Yarmouth clam festival!
We showed up early so that we could make the pancake breakfast sponsored by the Yarmouth High School's junior class. They were filled with fist-fulls of blueberries and were well worth the early start!
After breakfast we wandered through the tents, booths and one antique store. We listened to some music and went back to the car to get our camp seats and found Katrina (Lisa's former college roommate). We caught up over a bowl of clam chowder (it was the CLAM-fest after all) and then made our way up the street to listen to the Downeasters Barbershop Chorus. Mac Daddy and the Honeymooners were performing as well!
After parting ways with Katrina, we went to Pat's Pizza with the illustrious group of a Capella singers. It was a lobster roll for me (LOBSTER #3 - the trifecta was complete!) and buffalo chicken for Lisa. We sang some polecats (barbershop standards) in the parking lot and parted ways for a late drive home.
We pulled into our driveway about 1:00AM on Sunday with a vociferous feline waiting at the door! It was another successful road trip!
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