Tonight, we  have a campsite on the Atlantic Coast at Ogunquit, Maine. Now that we’ve arrived in Maine, I have achieved a milestone in my life; I have lived., worked, and/or traveled in all 50 of these United States, and I love every state. This is a great country that we have and we are fortunate to have it.
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Out last three days have been around the Freeport area. We hiked a trail out in the Durham hills, an area dominated by hardwoods, with some white pine. Maine is the “Pine State” but the down east area is mostly hardwood.
We spent most of a day in Freeport. LL Bean takes up a block and has every item that Bean offers, with a spectacular presentation. What a store!
We enjoyed our daytrip to Bath on the Kennebec, Wiscasset, and Boothbay Harbor.
Bath is an old shipbuilding port and Iron Works town, with striking 19th century architecture. During WW II, Bath launched a new Navy ship every 17 days.
Wiscasset is a quaint port for fishing, shipbuilding, and lumber. We see lots of Civil War monuments in Maine. Wiscasset has a monument to their 20th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment, for their commended service at the Battle of Gettysburg.
Boothbay Harbor was an interesting community with the Aquarium and the Botanical Garden. Here we saw a fourteen-pound lobster, along with other Maine marine creatures, at the Maine State Aquarium. Two tides a day here can vary 50-60 feet, between mean-low and mean-high. Tomorrow, we head on up the Gulf of Maine. toward Bar Harbor.(that's Baa Harba!)
 Below is Plymouth Rock.  They can't prove its THE rock but one thing is for sure, it was here when the pilgrims landed.  It was carried there by a glacier.  The next photo is a replica of the Mayflower.  Its a beautiful ship.  Then the 14 pound lobster at the Maine State Aquarium which was shaking in its boots when Bob looked at it.  Finally the beautiful Maine coast on a gorgeous day.  Just like the all the pamphlets promise.