Day 6 - July 3rd - York Beach, Maine

2 Sets of Happy Feet- On vacation at the Maine seashore

OK. now with a day off I have figured out that date.
This morning we checked into the dispatch office, dropped the trailer in the yard, dropped the tractor off at the repair shop, rented a car and began a mini-vacation. Vowing to stay off the interstate we found our way to the 'Shore Road'. As hoped it was a scenic coast hugging route and we headed north because I wanted to say that we made in to Maine. Of course, all the little towns, harbors and coves we traveled through were to-die-for-quaint.
We were surprised at the amount of very new housing stock—and the large size of the new homes- apparently this is where money comes to retire in the NE. Anyway we crossed from Portsmouth NH to Maine via the low, local bridge, did a drive through tour of cute Kittery and kept going north.
It was early afternoon by now and the sun was hot, the sky was blue and we found ourselves in a long line of beach goers headed to the ocean. The line came to a stop as it passed along the edge of York Beach boardwalk. Everyone was looking for parking spaces and we could see the beach was already packed. We pulled into the Lobster Pot restaurant-where there was parking-and went inside to watch the spectacle from their front window. We scarfed down a bucket of delicious steamers then agreed- lets stay here tonight. To our delight there was a room with a balcony and a view available right next door.
We spent the afternoon walking the whole length of the beach. (Swimming was out of the question-the water was freezing! Of the thousands of people on the beach- only the surfers-in wetsuits- were actually out in the water past their knees.) After naps we drove to several of the suggested dinner spots and found the wait for dinner to be over an hour. Instead, we came back to our motel and walked back to the Lobster Pot and had ourselves a lobster each. Yum. The evening was punctuated by numerous firework displays from the homes behind the motel.