Monday, July 9, 2012

Bar Harbor, Maine


Today was too much car and no bike.   We drove 450 miles over 9 hours to get from Joe’s home to our night’s lodging in Bar Harbor.  Our only real stop was in the town of Wiscasset, Maine to partake of the famous lobster roll at Red’s Eats—an eatery featured on many PBS specials.  As shown in the attached pictures, it is a small shack that attracts lots of customers.  We got there at 1 p.m. and were 23rd in an ever growing line.  It took 40 minutes for us to place our order, another 10 minutes to get it, and only 10 minutes to eat a shared lobster roll.  FYI, a lobster roll and diet Pepsi cost $18.50.  The place must be a gold mine.

Since the last 100 miles of our car trip were not on the Interstate Highways, they took forever to complete.  We creped along Route 1 for 2 hours, going through many costal towns.  After checking into our hotel we walked into the commercial district to stretch our legs and find dinner.  The temperature her is in the mid-70s, a nice break from the heat wavy that was impacting the east coast over the last week.

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