Awake: 5:58am Temp 41 sleep 6+51 cool & sunny overnight @
Boothbay, Maine.
We both visit the campground clubhouse to say our goodbyes to the Newell
people. It was a small but good rally. We thoroughly enjoyed renewing our
friendship with couples we’ve known since our 1st rally in January, 2002;
we’ve seen & experienced some beautiful areas of Maine & understand better
why it’s a favorite place to live or visit; and we’ve gotten to know &
appreciate Grace & Gary more by hanging out with them more frequently.
Also we have invitations to visit Mick & his wife Lek in Florida, Merle &
Jane in Oklahoma, Harold & Clair in Texas, Paul in Michigan, Bobbie &
Shirley in Oklahoma, etc. These people have parking with electricity near
their home. We don’t know if we’ll do any visiting with them during our
travels but it makes us feel good to have the opportunity.
After the majority of Newells depart, only Bruno’s coach, Gary’s coach,
the 2 techs & the show coaches + we remain. Since we haven’t been inside
the show coaches with the slides retracted, Gary, Grace, Kathy & I tour
those shrunken show coaches to see how much inside maneuvering space is
available. We are impressed with the aisle of space available, especially
the coach with the Murphy bed.
Next, we ride with Grace & Gary to Wiscasset (15 min north) to have a
lobster roll for lunch @ Red’s Eats. Again, the waiting line is wrapped
around this small building and down the sidewalk plus a cool wind is
blowing. After wasting time @ the next door Hardware store, which is now
more of a souvenir & tourist shop than hardware & seeing that the waiting
line is growing in lieu of shrinking, it was easy to nix that idea, go a
few blocks west to the “Le Garage” & have our lunch inside. Clam chowder
with ½ sandwiches & a good view of the river & bridge on this clear day
made for a more logical choice.
After walking around town, visiting a few antique stores & the local
cemetery, we drive northeast to the town of New Castle to pursue the
oldest surviving church in Maine. It wasn’t easy & it wasn’t located in
N.C. After some unplanned touring of N.C., we stopped & asked a lady in
town for extra hints: she knew all about that church because she
frequented it often. Turns out it was 5 miles north of N.C. The find was
worth the time…. & the church was in very good condition with an enormous
addition built recently behind the small church.
When we return to our campground, Kathy makes popcorn and fried parmesan
cheese with sun dried tomatoes while Grace assembles a smorgasbord of
shrimp, cheese, pickles, chips, etc. We take our goodies over to G & G’s
coach where we have a fine time with wine & snacks for a late dinner. Our
gabbing lasts until 9:30pm.
Today’s high=? Lights out: 11:13pm
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