Aug 11 - Boothbay Harbor & East Boothbay, ME
Still hot and humid here in Maine, but we decided to drive into Boothbay Harbor this morning to check the place out. It's only 3½ miles down the road. The town is very much like Bar Harbor but nicer in some way. Perhaps because it's not so big or there were fewer people? I dunno.
On the way into town, we stopped at a farmer's market and had a stroll around.
Well it wasn't getting any cooler, even with the ice cream, so we headed back to Alfie and drove out to East Boothbay. Ahhhh, this is nice. A lot quieter. Yup, that's fog.
The Boothbay Railway Village is really well done.
While Jen had her afternoon "recharge-her-batteries" rest, I walked across the highway to the….
We turned around and headed back to the campground. Another cove but the fog is offshore here.
After ice cream we decided we should walk it off. We headed for the footbridge down in the harbour but it was just too hot to stay out in the sun.
Jen had a really good day. She found a new friend, and enjoyed some delicious Maine blueberry ice cream.
Then we headed into town.
I was really impressed with this museum cum village. I spent some time chatting with the operators of the model train layout, which by the way, was extremely well done. I try not to talk politics here, but the comments about the upcoming election were very interesting from the operators.
Back at the campground, our neighbours wandered over. Actually their dog, Brady, kinda dragged them over. John and Maryanne are from just outside Ashby, MA where we have booked into a campground for the weekend. Small world. We chatted with them for quite a while. Nice folk.
That's about it for today. Tomorrow is a rest day – no driving. Saturday morning we head for Ashby for 3 days. We will visit Boston – take the train into downtown. Hopefully the weather will cooperate and the temperatures will moderate.
See you there.
One prize possession of the village is the Merci car.
I had a ride on the narrow gauge train and then walked through the numerous building and displays. I won't bore you with all the details, but the 2' narrow gauge railways in Maine back at the turn of the century have quite a history.
Here are pictures I took during my 3-hour visit.
