We drove down to the harbor after deploying the coach as it was still fairly early in the afternoon. We drove around the downtown area and then drove out to Spruce Point. What a picturesque place. After we got out to a point where the roads appeared to be private, we turned back and stopped at a small memorial I noticed on the side of the road on the way out. It was a memorial for all the fishermen that died while at sea. Right across he street was a Catholic Church with the brightest gold crosses I’ve ever seen.
After we walked the pups around, we headed back to the harbor area, found a parking spot and started exploring the waterfront. The town appears to be built on a hillside so the streets and sidewalks are up and down. Boothbay seems to be a really pup friendly place, lots of water dishes outside businesses. I walked over to a restaurant to ask about eating with our pups. They said no problem, they had a deck. Then we walked out a long wooden bridge to the other side of the harbor. The pups got spooked by a seagull wing poking up thru the wooden plank walkway. At first I thought it was a crab claw poking up there. But upon further inspection there were some birds under the boards and occasionally a wing slipped up thru the spaces between the boards!
The next morning we headed out toward Hendricks head lighthouse. It was gated and marked private. I guess someone lives there now. But there was a pretty little beach with kids playing on the sand and kayaks plying the calm waters around it.
The next day we decided to drive out to Ocean Point. There was supposed to be a very scenic spot out there. And we were amazed by how beautiful it was. The large homes were set back from the very small road that followed the shoreline with occasional parking areas that were just a few lines on the same narrow little road. I wasn’t even sure they were parking spaces, but people were parked and a sheriff drove by and talked with a few folks milling about. Nobody had to move, so we kept driving and eventually turned around to find a few spots to get some pics.
Off in the distance on an island maybe half a mile out was a small lighthouse. Must need a boat to get there. I later looked it up and it’s called, of all things, The Cuckolds Lighthouse. And it appears to have been converted to an Inn. The shoreline there was just amazing. I don’t think I could ever get tired of the view, except maybe during a nor’easter. The rocks along the shoreline were like nothing I had seen before. I would guess they were carved out by glaciers.
That night I drove over to Damariscotta to find a small truck selling Mexican food. It was pretty good considering what we had been trying lately. Something was missing but it was much better than all we have tried since the bus in West Yellowstone, Montana
The following morning we set out for Pemaquid Point Lighthouse, quite a long drive as there were no bridges and I had to drive inland again thru Damariscotta to get on a road that went out that peninsula. It was a really, really small lighthouse with the most narrow of stairs and a final ladder to get thru another even narrower opening into the light floor. It was so small they only let 4 people up at a time. The stairs were so narrow there wasn’t room for a railing. Thankfully it was only 20 or 30 feet up to the light. I am still amazed how many of the little lobster buoys are everywhere along the shore, bobbing in the swell.
Not too far down the road was Fort William Henry. A peculiar looking fort as it was round on the outside. Most of the other forts I have seen were either squarish or star shaped. We drove off looking for the town of Wiscasset. It was just past the turnoff we had taken with the coach to get to BoothBay. Another small town with big churches and lots of older homes and buildings. There was an intriguing place to eat but we had already planned on a spot on the harbor for that evening. There was a long line outside, and the next morning on our way down to Boston there was another long line outside. It was Red’s Eats, just a small, little shack on the corner. [Reminded me of how people line up for Kono’s in Pacific Beach!]
We ventured back to the harbor for dinner on the water. We had the pups and went back to the place that said we could bring them in the first night we were in town. Sure enough they lead us thru the bar and dining room to the deck overlooking the harbor. There was a gal playing guitar and singing, and the pups seemed to like listening to her so all was right with the world. I had the lobster mac N cheese and Kathy had chicken and lobster with mushroom sauce. Both were really good. I was not sure what to expect as I could not find any ratings for the place when I looked them up on my phone while sitting on their patio. I guess I should put in a rating for them. I would go back.