Tuesday's weather was better. There was little
rain and the sun peaked through several times. I had taken an early morning
walk of the neighborhood the previous two days, but today was nice enough
to take some photos from Badgers Island on the Piscataqua River: Memorial
Bridge to Portsmouth from Kittery, the fishing boat Heidi & Elisabeth
and a nearby shack.
On the way back, I made a brief stop at the Rice Family
Cemetery, with about 20 burials, in the neighborhood.
Rice Family Cemetery
We started the day in Portland. First having potato donuts
at the new suburban location of The Holy Donut in Scarborough, then
visiting the 92 year old Len Libby Candies, home of the "World's
Only Lifesize Chocolate Moose."
The Holy Donut
Potato donuts
Clockwise from the top: fresh lemon, Maine Apple, maple bacon, apple
cinnamon sugar.
Chocolates at Len Libby Candies
We made our way to the shore, visiting more lighthouses.
The first was Wood Island Light, which we could only see from a
distance. Actually, we could only see it because we followed the directions
on Fay's phone, ignoring the signs saying the last couple of roads were
private. I got a few photos from near the shore, about a mile from Wood
Island.
Wood Island
Wood Island Light (current tower built in 1858)
Continuing south, the next stop was Cape Porpoise,
near Kennebunkport, where Goat Island Lighthouse was about a mile
away. It may have been the least attractive lighthouse of the trip, but
the harbor with its lobster boats was still very scenic.
On the way to Cape Porpoise
Goat Island Lighthouse in the distance
Lobster traps stacked on the Cape Porpoise pier
The view from the causeway to Bickford Island (Port Porpoise)
We had lunch at Billy's Chowder House in Wells,
where Fay & William had haddock bites & bacon wrapped scallops,
while Linda and I had junior lobster rolls and I had lobster stew. The
roll was good, but the stew was nothing like the lobster stew at Jameson
Tavern.
Lobster roll and lobster stew
