Saturday: East Boothbay Harbor, Damariscotta, Pemaquid

The morning started out sort of gray.  This is a view of Boothbay Harbor from where we were staying.

Craig, my love, working a puzzle at the Blue Moon Cafe in Boothbay.

The two of us on our drive -- I think this picture was taken at Ocean Point, on the way to East Boothbay.

East Boothbay, ME

A schooner that I saw off Card Ledge.  What a cool thing to get to do!

Someone bought this church and painted it purple!  It looked really fanciful!

East Boothbay Fire Department.  We went in there to use the restrooms and I thought this lantern was neat, so I snapped a picture of it.  Turned out pretty good!

East Boothbay Fire Department.  Everywhere we go, there are always public libraries, a school, a cemetery, a general store, and a fire department.  Lately, there have been book sales at the fire departments or libraries.  

Another plate for our digital collection.  This one was owned by the owner of East Boothbay General Store, and he said it speaks to his desire never to become complacent.

Sweet?!

Craig at the East Boothbay General Store.  It was a neat little place.  We enjoyed a light lunch and a conversation with two guys who were doing a job stacking flat rock -- Aaron Marcy of Penobscott Stone and his friend Damon.  Aaron and Damon both lived in the Camden & Rockport area with their families, and they are the owners of the company.  In talking to them, we learned that Aaron lived in Cookeville, TN about the same time we did and he even went to TTU for a quarter.  How small the world is!  The link above will take you to their blog and shows what they were working on.  Cool huh?  One of my favorite things about traveling is getting to meet people.

Model T outside East Boothbay General Store.

East Boothbay General Store.  These places never look like much, but oh my goodness, there is usually some great food involved.  This time was no exception -- pizza, coffee, home made stuff.  We were too late for doughnuts!

We met Emily and her mom and sister in Damariscotta.  Emily is holding a little bird she created out of felt.  She is making them as an experiment and I bought this one from her.  I will put a yarn on it and hang it from the tree at Christmas.  Her mom is Karen and is in charge of working with a non-profit called F.A.R.M.S -- Focus on Agriculture in Rural Maine Schools

We visited a yarn shop called Pine Tree Yarns.  I took this for my friend, Kristin, because she wants her own yarn shop.  This lady's advice was start small and buy good yarn,  She started this business with a $2,000.00 tax rebate and she buys Frog Tree Yarns.  I saw a very cool sweater that she had knit form their pattern, called Origami Sweater. (FT-66)

Walking around Damariscotta we also saw a cute owl...

and an owl sentinel.

And at Pemaquid Point we saw a license plate Blessed8

This is Pemaquid.  Really beautiful rocks there.

Pemaquid Light.  They were charging admission so we skipped it.

Back to Boothbay Harbor at the end of our last day there, and we caught the sunset on the footbridge.  Looks like someone lit a fire under this private dock.

Found the 25-foot lobsterman at Brown's Wharf, which we had been seeking because we saw the picture at home in a book called Roadside Americana.

Finally, moon rise on Boothbay Harbor.  See the moon in the sky?  See its reflection in the water?  It was really pretty.