{"id":2447,"date":"2017-09-03T13:41:29","date_gmt":"2017-09-03T20:41:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/?p=2447"},"modified":"2017-09-03T13:41:29","modified_gmt":"2017-09-03T20:41:29","slug":"boothbay-harbor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/2017\/09\/03\/boothbay-harbor\/","title":{"rendered":"BoothBay Harbor"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>We drove down to the harbor after deploying the coach as it was still fairly early in the afternoon.\u00a0\u00a0 We drove around the downtown area and then drove out to Spruce Point.\u00a0\u00a0 What a picturesque place.\u00a0\u00a0 After we got out to a point where the roads appeared to be private, we turned back and stopped at a \"\"<\/a>small memorial I noticed on the side of the road on the way out.\u00a0\u00a0 It was a memorial for all the fishermen that died while at sea.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Right across he street was a Catholic Church with the brightest gold crosses I’ve ever seen.<\/p>\n

After we walked the pups around, we headed back to the harbor area, found a parking spot and started exploring the waterfront.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The town appears to be built on a hillside so the streets and sidewalks are up and down.\u00a0\u00a0 Boothbay seems to be a really pup friendly place, lots of water dishes outside businesses.\u00a0 I walked over to a restaurant to ask about eating with our pups.\u00a0 They said no problem,\u00a0 they had a deck. \u00a0 \u00a0Then we walked out a long \"\"<\/a>wooden bridge to the other side of the harbor.\u00a0\u00a0 The pups got spooked by a seagull wing poking up thru the wooden plank walkway.\u00a0\u00a0 At first I thought it was a crab claw poking up there.\u00a0 But upon further inspection there were some birds under the boards and occasionally a wing slipped up thru the spaces between the boards!<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The next morning we headed out toward Hendricks head lighthouse. \u00a0It was gated and marked private.\u00a0 I guess someone lives there now.\u00a0\u00a0 But there was a pretty little beach with kids playing on the sand and kayaks plying the calm waters around it.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The next day we decided to drive out to Ocean Point.\u00a0 There was supposed to be a very scenic spot out there.\u00a0 And we were amazed by how beautiful it was.\u00a0\u00a0 The large homes were set back from the very small road that followed the shoreline with occasional\"\"<\/a> parking areas that were just a few lines on the same narrow little road.\u00a0\u00a0 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.\u00a0 Nobody had to move, so we kept driving and eventually turned around to find a few spots to get some pics.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Off in the distance on an island maybe half a mile out was a small lighthouse.\u00a0\u00a0 Must need a boat to get there.\u00a0 I later looked it up and it’s called, of all things, The Cuckolds Lighthouse.\u00a0\u00a0 \"\"<\/a>And it appears to have been converted to an Inn.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The shoreline there was just amazing.\u00a0\u00a0 I don’t think I could ever get tired of the view,\u00a0 except maybe during a nor’easter.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The rocks along the shoreline were like nothing I had seen before.\u00a0\u00a0 I would guess they were carved out by glaciers.<\/p>\n

That night I drove over to Damariscotta to find a small truck selling Mexican food.\u00a0\u00a0 It was pretty good considering what we had been trying lately.\u00a0\u00a0 Something was missing but it was much better than all we have tried since the bus in West Yellowstone, Montana<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>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.\u00a0\u00a0 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.\u00a0 It was so small they only let 4 people up at a time.\u00a0 The stairs were so narrow there wasn’t room for a railing.\u00a0 Thankfully it was only 20 or 30 feet up to the light.\u00a0\u00a0 I am still amazed how many of the little lobster buoys are everywhere along the shore, bobbing in the swell.<\/p>\n

Not too far down the road was Fort William Henry.\u00a0 A peculiar looking fort as it was round on the outside.\u00a0\u00a0 Most of the other forts I have seen were either squarish or star shaped.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 We drove off looking for the town of Wiscasset.\u00a0 It was just past the turnoff we had taken with the coach to get to BoothBay.\u00a0\u00a0 Another small town with big churches and lots of older homes and buildings.\u00a0 There was an intriguing place to eat but we had already planned on a spot on the harbor for that evening.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 There was a long line outside, and the next morning on our way down to Boston there was another long line outside. \u00a0It was Red’s Eats, just a small, little shack on the corner. \u00a0[Reminded me of how people line up for Kono’s in Pacific Beach!]<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>We ventured back to the harbor for dinner on the water.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 We had the pups and went back to the place that said we could bring them in the first night we were in town.\u00a0\u00a0 Sure enough they lead us thru the bar and dining room to the deck overlooking the harbor.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 There was a gal playing guitar and singing,\u00a0 and the pups seemed to like listening to her so all was right with the world.\u00a0\u00a0 I had the lobster mac N cheese and Kathy had chicken and lobster with mushroom sauce.\u00a0 Both were really good.\u00a0\u00a0 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.\u00a0 I guess I should put in a rating for them.\u00a0\u00a0 I would go back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We drove down to the harbor after deploying the coach as it was still fairly early in the afternoon.\u00a0\u00a0 We drove around the downtown area and then drove out to Spruce Point.\u00a0\u00a0 What a picturesque place.\u00a0\u00a0 After we got out to a point where the roads appeared to be private, we turned back and stopped … <\/p>\n

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