This past week Richard drove up to the house from Georgetown with his dog Zeus and stayed five days. I kept him rather busy I'm afraid and I hope he isn't suffering too much! When we weren't enjoying time by the firepit we put together my old shed one very hot afternoon, moved plywood and garbage to the recycling, returned some very heavy scaffolding and planks to Benoit's place and took Zeus down to the lake for a swim. We also went out to lunch one day in Piopolis, a half hour drive from our place on Lake Megantic, and strolled down to the marina. After Rich left Marie and I headed south into Maine for an overnighter at the Inn at Brunswick Station, something we had been planning for the past few months. We go down every year for lobster and again this time we weren't disappointed, returning to one of our favourite haunts - the wharf at Five Islands. Brunswick is a small town, about half an hour from Portland and 3 hours or so from here, quiet and small enough to stroll about. The weather was great while we were there and shorts were the order of the day. We celebrated our stay at one of the local watering holes, the Sea Dog Brewery, and walked back to the Inn to a complimentary bottle of wine and Maine's famous whoopie pies! Whoopee!! gws
| eating pizza, Piopolis |
| Piopolis marina |
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| Marie outside Cool as a Moose, a typical tourist shop |
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| Marie & Emma at Five Islands Lobster Co. |
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| Me and Emma, Five Islands Lobster Co. |
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| Soft shelled lobster on the wharf! |
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| complimentary wine and Maine whoopie pies in our room! |
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| Marie on the Franklin Wood Bridge between Brunswick and Topsham, Maine |
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| ten beer sampler! |
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| Sea Dog Brewery, Topsham |
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| crossing the Androscoggin River, dusk |
