The state of Maine is divided up into 8 regions and Freeport, where we spent the last four days, is part of the Casco Bay region. One day we drove along US 1 from Freeport down to Kennebunkport, passing through some wonderful coastal towns, beach areas and charming neighborhoods along the way.
And of course we had to stop at a roadside food stand for a famous Maine Lobster Roll - which is chunks
of lobster meat mixed with a little bit of mayo, served on what they call a hot dog bun - which don't look anything like the hot dog buns we're used to.Freeport is home to the LL Bean corporate headquarters so the downtown shopping area had several LL Bean stores. A home store, a hunting and fishing store, a camping store, a bike and boat store and of course a clothing store. We had fun exploring them all.
We are finding Maine to be a beautiful state and unlike some of the other New England states we have visited,
it doesn't seem to be terribly overcrowded. It reminds us a lot of Alaska so we feel right at home.
2 comments:
You are doing the trip we want to do next summer. Your site is well done, very cool. I will try to follow your blog. How is it driving in the dense traffic back East? That's my real concern.
Phil
Hi Phil,
We kept mostly to the main highways and interstates once we got north of Pennsylvania and we haven't run into any real problems. We did have to negotiate one scary detour in Pennsylvania where part of the highway was closed due to construction, and we hit heavy, heavy traffic on I-495 outside of Boston. Massachusetts was the worst for traffic. But aside from that one detour, it's just more annoying than anything else.
But like I said, we've stuck to major roads with the RV, exploring the smaller roads in the tow car.
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