Leaving Boothbay...

And so we leave Boothbay on the same note as we entered it on - in a crowd of traffic!!!We probably will never be back there - for that very reason! The traffic is horrible.

To be fair, it was a Saturday and a beautiful day, so crowds are to be expected. But with those stop and go lines of traffic, we might as well have been in San Diego! (well, maybe it was just a little prettier than San Diego!!)

Interesting and pretty scenes on the way to our next destination - Bangor.

We passed by the capitol - in Augusta.

Nice freeway landscaping, eh?! (a little nicer than southern California's ice plant and dirt!)

Around OUR house...

While in the Boothbay area, we stayed at the Shore Hills Campground, a pretty nice place overall (but kind of pricey - no surprise, I'm sure all the stuff around Boothbay is pretty pricey!). It was also a pretty animaley place! And not just with our animals! Although we'll start with them...

And then we'll go to the Pug Club.

And all us animal parents know that these are our babies, so...!!

We take a walk around the campground and Bill finds Tractor's picture on a flag! The Land of Tractor? The United Tractors of America (UTA)? The United States of Tractor (UST)?

Keeping up with the Joneses, or the Ourayses. Tractor loves to run with the big boys. Or at least with his big brother!! He does actually - he truly loves to run with his dogs. He gets very into it! He is, after all, one of them.

Man, this place is just crawling with critters! Tractor introduces himself to one of them.

But he's not as sure about the other one...

at first! But then he decides even the other one's OK. And of course, Ouraydog's got his back anyways! So it's cool, man.

One of the neato-est campers we've ever seen!! Very chic! These cute, innovative trailers are made in Quebec! For more on them, see here: http://www.safaricondo.com/index_eng.php

What a perfect, idyllic camping scene, eh?

And yes, I know you're wondering...yes, mosquitoes ARE included in the price!

The campsites with these gorgeous views were way too small to accomodate any serious RVs, but it was neat to be able to walk down and hang out (with the small dogs and big mosquitoes!).

Lobsters!

When in Rome... We were in famed Lobster Land, so whatcha gonna do?! Go eat lobsters, of course! We asked a parking attendant where to go, and he told us - The Lobster Dock. And he wasn't wrong! Turns out Bobby Flay did one of his famous "throwdowns" here, and everyone in line was talking about it!

Waiting...

This is a very popular place - we were lucky to get a seat!

A double-lobster handful...

wrapped up in a ball, and with a smile! (but I'm afraid the lobsters weren't smiling - poor, tasty guys...!)

The lobster balls (and corn on the cob included in the netting) were then dropped into these boiling, steaming pots to cook.

Happy customers. (sorry lobsters!!)

The houses of Boothbay

Boothbay really is a scenic town. And I was pretty keen on some of the houses I came across!

Some of the homes were so nice and were surrounded by such gorgeous yards!

I just love these bushes that looked like some sort of hydrangeas.

And yes, this was on the foggy day...! FogDog Day! (well, hopefully not DogFog Day!!)

And this house, with its own personal mini-bay!

More beautiful flowers.

And this sweet abode...

may indeed be a "Little House," but it's big on style!

And this one? It's all white, but it's all right!

Boothbay Harbor!

Next stop: Boothbay! There was a real irony in our visit to Boothbay... A big reason for us planning a stop here was to visit relatives. We had been through this part of Maine once before (where we flew to the area and just drove around) and planned to see my second cousin and his wife then, but as life would have it, they ended up out of town while we were there, so no meet-up. So here we decided to give it another try. I couldn't give anyone a specific date as to when we were going to be there (with our meandering ways!), but it sounded like a get-together might work out this time. Well, long story short...between lack of communication and miscommunication, we managed to miss again! Too funny, eh?! Oh well. We really enjoyed seeing Boothbay anyways. Very picturesque town, but... way too much traffic around there!!!!!!!!! Here we are, en route to Boothbay. The crowded roads were really reminding us of our last time in southern Maine!!! Ugh.

I spent one foggy day just strolling around downtown Boothbay. It was lovely! And my perfect temp!

One resident, however, found it better weather for staying snug inside.

Others were like me though and up for playing outdoors!

C'mon, it just wouldn't look the same in bright sun!?!

The cute "Tugboat Inn" and restaurant.

I loved this nursery - what a pretty "wig" this building was wearing!

And look at all the happy plants! I don't think they have to xeriscape here too much...!

Although I didn't do any touristy shopping at all, it looked like there were fun things in some of the shops!

And I like a town that has dog water bowls outside the stores!!

The Blue Heron Seaside Inn - very pretty! And they're not kidding - behind the rear parking area is...water!

Is this Long John Silver? Does it make you hungry for fish & chips, looking at this guy?

Another foggy harbor scene.

I just had to photograph this boat's name! Now, is it FogDog or DogFog? I guess the latter is more when the dog lets out a big one...!? And I had to look it up - their Marblehead is probably from MA.

And now we transition to an outing on a sunnier day! And of course I had get a shot of this pretty cemetary...

And this...is where Ouray had the ugly lump (above his eye) finally removed. The Boothbay Animal Hospital. We didn't want to subject him to anesthesia and all at his age (he's always been very sensitive to sedation and takes a long time to come out of it), but the lump was finally big enough and bothering him so much that he'd claw at it and scratch the skin off, etc. Yuck. But all in all, it was actually a good experience, thanks to Dr. Kjersten Morrison, who was awesome!!! The only bummer was how long it took our Ouraydog to come around afterwards, and how stiff and cramped up his musles were, but that was to be expected, unfortunately. We can highly recommend Dr. Morrison though!!! If you ever need vet care while in Boothbay...

The harbor in sunshine.

And a quiet sunset scene (with a texturizing filter treatment, just for fun - like the first photo of this entry, which I played with too).

Goodnight, Boothbay.