Sunday June 20, 2010,
I left the Rutland VT area and traveled towards New Hampshire along route 302 that took me through some incredible country side. I stopped at the Conway NH rest stop and spoke with a retired cop named “Rex”.
He gave me great directions and the location of one of the better eating location in the town, named Delany’s Hole in the Wall.
His advice of staying off the truly obscure back roads in Maine was not headed.
I meandered my way along two lane roads towards the coast which for thirty miles was some of the worst roads I have traveled along since touring. The back roads were actually paved however cracks in the pavement showed grass growing out of them, which indicated they are not even travelled by the locals. Hence I should have taken Rex’s advice, duh!
After crossing into Maine on route 302, I dodged rain for several hours and once I traveled east of I-95, I made it to route 1 traveling through small town after another the road was much improved and the vistas of the coast were incredible.
I stopped for the night in Rockland ME, home of the Maine Lobster Festival held yearly during the first week of August. I spent the night at a coastal Motel named “The Claddagh” with views of the ocean. The Irish theme was present and the room had more floral and pink than I cared for.
The owner suggested the “Offshore” restaurant for dinner where I was subjected to an excellent lobster dinner. Burp! Excuse me. Not enough recognition has been given to the person or persons who invented the idea of boiling a lobster. Credit should also be given to the person who discovered dipping hot lobster meat into butter. It was dam good.
The night air was breezy and comfortable however the locals believe the humidity was too high, yeah right, if they could only experience humidity in DC or St. Louis metro areas. Hmmm, I guess I don’t know either. Man is it nice outside. LOL!
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