Sunday, August 24
Left Annapolis Sunday morning with an uneventful trip to River Edge for lunch. Fairly long ride to Boston. Spent the evening with Lisa and Mark and new baby Erin (9 mos. already). They live in a nice Victorian home in Stoneham soon to be relocated to Littleton, MA.
Monday, August 25
Onto Freeport, Me and the mandatory stop at LL Bean for 3 floors of shopping and looking. Freeport is LL Bean. They have outlets all over town. Also made a stop in Yarmouth, ME for a quilt shop. Only one found on the whole trip. Continued onto Canada the rest of the day. Very pretty from Bangor to St. Stephen. Stopped at visitors center in St. Stephen and the lady there was very helpful. Loads of info and maps. Nice ride to Back Bay. Stopped for groceries in St. Stephen for our supper at the cottage.
Tuesday, August 26
Off to St. Andrew's Kingsbrae Garden in the morning. ( Had bangers and eggs for breakfast). The gardens were delightful as the season is in full bloom. Cool wet weather accounts for the lasting flowers. Saw a "Wallenie Pine" Australian ancient, only one in North America. Afternoon was spent shopping. Found a pair of Crocs in just the color I wanted. Paid an arm and a leg, but they are nice and comfortable. Signed up for a whale watching tour at 5:30pm. The boat was very wide and stable so sightseeing proved worthwhile. Saw porpoises and finback whales. One blew very near us. We could hear the breathing before we saw the back.
Wednesday, August 27
Off to St. John and did a volksmarch there. Great way to see the town. Dad had a large
