Travel Day

A Model of the Original L.L.Bean Store

WEATHER: Fair

Sunday had quickly arrived so we arose fairly early, repacked our gear, and checked out of the Maine Idyll.  Then it was back to Freeport in order to attend the 9:30 AM Mass at St. Jude's Roman Catholic.

After Mass, we went back to The Fresh for breakfast, which we thoroughly enjoyed.  After breakfast we made a last minute visit to several of the small shops which populate Freeport, such as The Mangy Moose, Sherman's Bookstore, and of course, the big one, L.L.Bean.

Now it was time to tear ourselves away from Freeport, and headed to Appleton, the Schooner Mary Day's Global Headquarters.

Camden Public Library

The Schooner Grace Bailey

It's about an hour and a half drive north to Camden, the Schooner Mary Day's Home Port, where we planned to stop first.  Among other things, Camden's claim to fame is that it was the location chosen for the filming of that pot boiler of a film, Peyton Place, back in the 50's. We walked around for a while, then decided to call it a day, and headed to Appleton, for another good night's sleep.

 However, before we could bed down for the night we had to take care of a little problem, the eviction of a bat that had managed to get into the house.  Jannie turned out to be the heroine of the night when she was able to single handedly capture the ferocious critter until help arrived, i.e., me.  Once on the scene I was able to restrain the beast long enough to bring him to an open window, and throw him out.  We then retired to the loft, and spending the rest of the night fearing the bat's revege.  Luckily the night passed without incident.