New Hampshire & Maine

As we set out we were able to another phase of the cranberry harvest. Today the worker was on the equipment that stirred up the cranberries, separating them from the vines and bringing the berries up to the surface of the water.
Our first stop of the day was to visit my godmother, Joan, in Salem, NH. During our visit I got to meet her friend Charlene. Marion, Catherine & I went to the Beach Plum restaurant to get Joan a lobster roll and had a lunch of clam strips and corn fritters.
From Joan’s we drove to Kennebunkport. We drove along the rocky shoreline and watched the waves breaking over the rocks. It was a lot different than the Massachusetts coast beaches we had seen.
We dove as close as we could to Walker Point, the home of the Bush family. We saw the Wedding Cake house, the most photographed house in Maine. The house sits right in the Kennebunk River in Kennebunk. Legend has it that it was built in 1825 by a sea captain to atone for leaving his bride on their wedding night to go to sea. On his lonely nights at sea he carved the intricate woodwork to bring home to his bride.
Our drive took us by several houses decorated for Halloween. And we enjoyed the small downtown of Kennebunk on the water, with all its shops, boutiques and restaurants. On the Saturday evening the town was full of visitors.
From there we drove to Stonewall Kitchens that produces some of my favorite products in York, ME. So happy that they offered to ship my choices!
The next town, Kittery, ME, with all its outlet stores, attracted us to a kitchen store, Lindt chocolatier and my old favorite, Bob’s Clam Hut where we enjoyed even more fried seafood! Bob’s is a classic “walk-up-to-the-window-and-order” clam shack established in 1956. Bob’s is renowned for its recognition by Yankee Magazine, Coastal Living, USA Today, Food Network & Thrillist.
Now, there you can order, and there are tables inside to eat, where, even though the stores were empty, the place was hopping. As always, the food was wonderful and there was way too much of it.Read more