Monday started out rainy as well. We made a brief
stop on out way to Freeport, to see Eartha, the world's largest
rotating Globe, in Yarmouth, Maine. The globe is at the local Garmin facility
and includes 792 map sections. Garmin acquired Eartha and this facility
when it purchased the map maker, DeLorme, in 2016.
The part of the building with Eartha is open to the public
and admission is free
It was just a few more miles to the L.L.Bean Flagship
Store in Freeport, where I bought a pair of jeans and a lightweight base
layer. Linda has changed size in the past two years and needed much more
clothes, so we signed up for an L.L.Bean credit card and got 15% off our
rather substantial purchases.
The L.L.Bean Flagship Store has been located on Main Street in Freeport,
Maine for over a century.
We had already planned lunch across the street at Jameson
Tavern. Jameson is one of the oldest operating Taverns in Maine and
we had some of the best food of the trip. Linda and I each had clam chowder
and a lobster roll, both of which were very good. William and Fay had scallop
salad and swordfish salad.
Fay's lobster stew was probably the best part of the meal.
Looking out at Jameson Tavern from L.L.Bean
Clam chowder and lobster roll
Caesar salad with grilled swordfish
We drove south after lunch, back into Portland, to the
Wadsworth-Longfellow
House & Garden. The mansion was built in 1785-86 and is most famous
for being the home where Henry Wadsworth Longfellow grew up and wrote some
of his poetry. It has been a museum since 1902.
Wadsworth-Longfellow House
The Parlor
This is the view from the desk where Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote
"The Rainy Day."
Is is from a small room behind the parlor. (Prints
of this photo)
Admission to the adjacent Maine Historical Society
Museum is included with admission to the Wadsworth-Longfellow House,
but much of the current "Maine Eats" exhibit didn't interest us. The rain
stopped and the sun had come out while we were in the home, so we hurried
to try to get to some lighthouses while the sun was out.
