Model A Touring

As promised a rainy evening in Stowe and time to catch up. However I have no internet connection so I’ll type this in word and hope to post it as soon as connection resume’s. The price you pay for the room furthest away from the connection I guess.

Ok where were we? Oh yes in Maine, staying at the lovely Mount Battie Motel with our gracious hosts Ed and Christine.

Saturday was a lovely day and the A came out of her portable garage and after a wonderful breakfast on the porch of the Motel (Christine bakes daily) and had an array of muffins, loaves and cakes as well as juices and a bread station. Her muffins and cakes were so moist and good that even though I don’t normally do sweets for breakfast it was a nice treat.

We headed off to the Owls Head Transportation Museum where they were having a classic car show, air acrobatic display and all kinds of other things. The trip there was a bit of a challenge as the Lobster Festival was going on and many of the roads were closed for the lobster parade. We made it though and it was HOT and sunny. We enjoyed the interesting show of rare classic cars in the museum, wandered around and sat in the shade and enjoyed some of the heart stopping air show.

We left about 2:00 and started to tour the area. We explored Owls Head Island, visited the lighthouse, enjoyed harbour towns and breath taking scenery. We stopped for lunch at a real Lobster Shack Right in a harbour in the middle of nowhere. The fisherman were there bringing the lobster right off the boat and we enjoyed our first but hopefully not last lobster Roll. Oh it was so good, just loaded with fresh lobster.

After exploring the area some more we headed back to Mount Battie for a rest and then back to the Whales Tooth for dinner. We decided seeing the weather looked so bad to take this night to enjoy our Lobster dinner - again SO good, so fresh and oh so very messy *laugh*

Sunday did not prove to be as fruitful in the beginning. Rain and fog had socked in and the way the rig was parked it was impossible to unhitch the car so we could take it out and no way we were going to drive in the rain and fog in the A. We spent a lazy morning in our room. I caught up on some work and relaxing till about 1 when we decided to call a taxi and head into Camden for lunch. Ed and Christine would not hear of it and Ed drove us into town and recommended we go to Bayview Harbour for lunch. We were not disappointed. The clam chowder was |THE BEST and the fresh pan seared Haddock was just delicious. After lunch with local wine and beers we explored the town amongst rain showers. What a beautiful little harbour town. As you will see from the photo’s (when I get them uploaded) great shops, beautiful harbour and pretty footpaths.

We called a taxi back to our hotel and enjoyed a light dinner of cheese and crackers that I had brought along.

Monday - still rain and fog. We made the difficult decision of leaving Maine a day early as we could not do as we wanted and started out for Stowe. Another very long day of driving, lots of road work, lots of traffic delays but we FINALLY made it around 7:00 PM. Oh I should mention the ordeal of getting the trailer backed out of it’s spot at the motel. In order not to bottom out Ed and a friend had Glenn back out inch by inch as they placed blocks of wood under the wheel so that he didn’t scrape. It was tense but we (the royal we) finally did it.

We were happy to arrive in Stowe, check into Sun and Ski and start looking for dinner. The weather was good and we pulled out the A. Craving the great Mexican food at Frieda’s we headed into town but not a parking spot was to be found. So off to the Blue Donkey for one of their great burgers. They close at 8 - UGH so up the road a bit to Picasso’s.http://www.piecasso.com/ Yeah, we parked, Yeah they were still open - they were packed. However, we got a spot on the patio and finally relaxed, had a beer and glass of wine. Glenn enjoyed a loaded pizza and I had a great burger that was cooked the way I WANTED (medium) not the way the Canadian government says I have to have it cooked (well done). What a long day!!!
Tuesday - the sun was shining and off we went to The Gables for breakfast. We got a lovely table on the porch and I enjoyed one of my 3 favourite breakfasts in Vermont - a plate of grilled tomatoes with Vermont Cabot cheese and fresh herbs - oh so very good. After that Glenn wanted to take the A through Smugglers Notch. A challenging drive for even a modern car, very narrow roads, tight turns, steep hills both up and down. We made it though and got some wonderful photo’s on the way. Then we headed into town to the visitors centre to see if there was anything new. Nope. So up to Trapp Family Lodge where we heard they now have a new brewery and deli. They do and it was gorgeous. The views from the patio were .. Well Vermont. We were not hungry so just enjoyed a glass of wine and beer and of course the breathtaking scenery. While enjoy the scenery though we could see the dark clouds moving in. So headed off, toured a few back roads on the way back to the motel.; Once back I had a nap - I love naps J then it was time to unhitch the trailer and head for dinner. Dinner tonight was at Frieda’s for there excellent Mexican food - fresh Guacamole made at our table and great fresh food.