Left Westway at 8:05 - coffee and hot chocolate in Borden - 8:35 - Calais border 12:35 (atl) - arrived in Augusta, Maine at 3:30 (eastern time). I didn't mind the drive, I was a bit concerned as the farthest I had ever driven was to Halifax.
I don't know if I will go home via Calais route. I did not enjoy that part of the trip, 150 miles of nothing, no people, abandoned buildings, we met a car maybe every 10 minutes, no cell service, no towns, no exits, 80 degree turns going up hill, going down hill, signs warning truckers of the angles of the hills. I had not a nerve left when I hit junction 46. Thank you Stephen for this shortcut - it was nice to see civilization again LOL. For those of you who travel this route - you are very brave (or I'm a nervous nut)!!! But you gotta love those divided highways!!! I could cruise those all day.
We hit the hotel room - devised our plan and away we went. Now many of you think I over plan when I travel - actually what I do is research, research. I know about every restaurant, hotel and store in Augusta so when we got here we took a look at my sheet - picked a restaurant, stores in on end of town and we were off.... no sitting around wondering...
We found some good deals today. We hit - Christmas Tree Shoppe which has no Christmas stuff - I asked a cashier - did they not have a little bit of Christmas stuff and she abruptly said "no, not this time of year" - I bet they get asked that a lot. TJMAX and Fashion Bug - one store for Carolyn - one for me.
Unfortunately Augusta does not have many good restaurants that I could find (if anyone knows of one please let me know). We ate at Texas Roadhouse - Carolyn says it was sooooo cool - actually she had a 6 oz sirloin which was very good and very tender, I had the ribs - they were only ok. We order a baked sweet potato - oh my very delicious.
Stopped off at Grocery store on the way home and bought a bottle of Bin 99 Pinot Noir which I pay 15 to 16 dollars on PEI for 7.99...... Yellow Tail is also 7.99 - and I can only bring 2 bottles home with me - I guess I will have to drink lots while I am here.
Tomorrow we are off to Freeport. Stay tuned for Day 2
Goodnight
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