The L.L.Bean Mothership - 9/24/13

Last night I left Anchorage - and it was not a day too soon. It snowed yesterday and I was glad to get out of town. I had an uneventful flight to Boston, arriving at 6:30 am. My friend, Kate, picked me up and we headed north, making an obligatory stop at Dunkin Donuts for breakfast.

Upon reaching Freeport, Maine, we embarked upon a volkswalk that took us down Main Street to the L.L.Bean "Campus." It is a lovely, well-planned campus that is a destination for tour buses. It was fun to shop there in person. I especially liked the Home Store. I didn't buy anything because I really don't have any room in my luggage for anything else. But I was tempted.

Freeport is a very picturesque town. Even the CVS and the Hampton Inn blended in to the classic New England setting. Obviously, they take their zoning very seriously here. We bypassed a crowded lobster place at lunch time and ended up at a Chinese buffet. It was ok, but my clothing absorbed the smell of the restaurant and I did not enjoy that.  

Walking around Freeport, you would think that they invented moose here, even though we didn't see any live moose. This is of course, ridiculous. Everybody knows, or should know, that moose were invented in Alaska. However, I think they may have invented Sorels in Freeport and there were some gret Sorel photo ops there. I wanted to buy a super-cute Sorel keychain, but I din't want to spend $8 for it.

We left Freeporrt and headed down to Saco where we are spending the night. We ate dinner at a Venezuelan place called Luis' Aperera - a good find on Yelp. Now it is time to try to synch my body to this time zone. 

Number of checked bags: 1 (48.5 pounds)

Number of Carry-ons: 2

Number of states so far: 5 (Alaska, Washington, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine)

Number of days left in this trip (not counting today): 38