Surprisingly we were up and feeling refreshed at 9:30. We went through one of our complimentary Starbucks coffee/filter packs (we have 2, additional ones are $3), looked through the guest info binder, made a list of things we wanted to do, and found our way to the hotel's Northern Lights Cafe. There was no one else there, so the lone cook/waitress/cashier was nice enough to cook us breakfast after breakfast hours. Meg had a sausage eggs and cheese sandwich, and I had eggs, toast, potatoes, and sausage. The sausage wasn't great, but everything else was delicious. We looked through yesterday's paper and saw that the flooding in Missouri unexpectedly got worse. It showed Hannibal, where we drive through to get to Iowa, and it was all under water. I hope her family and friends didn't have too hard of a time getting back. This year's been crazy for weather, especially in the Midwest.
After breakfast we explored the hotel. The concierge took a break from her lunch to show us where to go for scenery, sightseeing, shopping, basically answered all or our questions. We've got a lot of great ideas, including lighthouses, state parks, shopping, and of course lobster.
Today is massages, grocery shopping (we have a kitchen so we'll save a little money), and hopefully find a sports bar with the College World Series. The are a ton of microbreweries around here so I'm looking forward to sampling what Maine has to offer.
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We went to dinner at Suds Pub. It’s in the basement of an inn, and felt like a hole in the wall where it was about 50/50 tourists to locals. About half way through our meal, this guy who looked like Tucker Carlson walked in. I probably stared a little too much, but when I heard him talk was almost positive it was him. I wanted to ask him what he thought of Jon Stewart (after Stewart called him an expletive live on CNN and seemed to be the downfall of the show "Crossfire"). Megan said I had to leave him alone. What I thought was really funny was he talked just as animated to his kids as he does on TV. He seemed... interesting.
The food was excellent. I had baked haddock with rice and veggies, and Megan had alfredo pizza with chicken and broccoli. It was awesome. Add to that local (well Maine and Vermont anyway) beers on tap and it was great. As much as I love Sweetwater 420, the Long Trail pale ale I had up here was much better.
After dinner we swung by a tiny grocery store to grab some essentials. It was so small they didn't even sell frozen pizzas. We're going to eat breakfasts here and pack lunches on our sightseeing trips.
Well the Dawgs are on so I'm gonna see if they can beat the other bulldogs from Fresno St. in the College World Series. Tomorrow is Portland - lighthouses and boats and lobster!
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