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| Ahhh...back in New Hampshire, one of my favorite states...just passing through today! |
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| Maine- Hard to get to, SO worth the effort! |
Another day, two more states to add to the count…New
Hampshire and Maine! These two states are among my favorite New England states
for several reasons: Beautiful natural beauty, excellent seafood, and a certain
New England calm that soothes my soul.
Add to that wonderful, smooth roads and wonderful, friendly people and
it all sounds great to me!
My time in New Hampshire is short…just cutting across the
state! However, just long enough for a picture! I have family in Southern New
Hampshire so I am fortunate to have a good feel for this part of our country.
However, I know very little about the White Mountain area and other places up
north…That will change one day! Here’s a quirky sign from the state welcome
center…
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| New Hampshire is just a polite state! |
Onward to Maine, a state that I always thought to be very
special: 1) It’s beautiful and impressive, 2) You have to make a pretty
concerted effort to get to Maine. My love of Maine is partly wrapped up in the
fact that it’s off the beaten trail! I am glad to return to this state for the
second time in two years and for the third time ever in my life. Then again, Maine has some strange sightings, too, like the pizza oven trailer pictured below...
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| Portable pizza oven trailer? America is the land of opportunity! |
Of course, what’s a visit to Maine without a stop for food?
I arrived in Portland, ME and headed straight to Pickles and Po’ Boys based on
the great online reivews…One guest mentioned that she dreams about the
blackened fish sandwich. After today’s feast, I hope to have the same
dreams…the only nightmare might be that I won’t get to return there any time
soon! The pictures below say it all…
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| No chains for me...I love to eat local favorites...Today's lunch was INCREDIBLE! |
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| I couldn't wait to dig in, but it was too hot to eat...Time for a picture! |
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| Blackened fish sandwich, fried shrimp, cajun slaw, tangy pickels..All to die for! |
Heading North towards Bangor and Bar Harbor today leads me
to another geographical milestone of this fellowship…I will reach my most
northern point of my trip as I roll past Newport, ME. (Just an FYI- North Dakota
is by far more north than Maine. Maine’s proximity is skewed by the map
projection distortions). I like to celebrate such milestones in my travels…
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| Taken to celebrate arriving at the most northern point of my fellowship |
I close today’s musings with an image of the road…Endless
forest of green and silky smooth highway that goes on forever. I logged another
350 miles today and I’m at about 1700 total thus far for the fellowship. Take a
good look at this highway picture and make a plan to take a ride up I-95 North
for yourself one day…
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| This is Maine...come on up and see what it's about! |
Thanks for joining me…~Mr. K.
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