Bangor, Trenton, Maine

Hello everyone out there keeping up with "Where in the world are the Coffmans'." We had a fun fun time on Thursday, July 1, 2010. Sorry for the late post. Once we arrived in Trenton there was no signal for our phones or internet connection. (Withdrawals) What did we ever  do before the internet? Well now for the update. We left Skowhegan, ME Thursday morning and drove and drove and drove. We stopped at yard sales and antique shops along the way. What was suppose to take 2.5 hours took all day. We stopped in Bangor, ME. Bangor is the home town of Paul Bunyan and Babe the blue ox. We were going to stop and take pictures of the statue of Paul but was distracted by visiting the home of Steven King. Wow what a home. Complete with a double wrought iron gate shaped like a spiders web with a spider on it(see pictures).We finally arrived at Trenton, ME around 5:30 pm. We stopped at an interesting place and had to come back and watch the show. It was called Timber Tina's Lumber Jack show. They entertained us with many different displays of skill including crosscut sawing competition, axe chopping competition, timber climbing, undercut sawing, axe throwing and log rolling competition. They finished it off with chain saw carving and played the Beverly Hillbillies theme song. They don't have anything on us southerners.  I was looking to fulfill a life long craving about going to Maine and eating the largest LOBSTER that I could possibly find. Well we succeeded. We stopped at a place called Down East (Down East Maine) Lobster Pound. This particular pound let you pick out the lobster of your choice and they would steam it instead of boiling it. It is said that steaming it as opposed to boiling it helps to retain the flavor better. Christy could not stand the smell. I compared her experience with the paella that she fixed for us and Marty. Very fishy smelling. Marty opted to go to Subway while the smell left the building. Christy would have gladly done the same if she would have known where a Subway was at the time. She sat at the table with us and covered her nose with a Snuggie. LOL We selected 3 lobsters all of which weighed 3.25 lbs each. They were huge. They cooked them and then brought them to us with a bowl of butter, a roll, corn on the cob and cole slaw. Hmm? Sounds like sides for BBQ. No BBQ sauce though. It was all I thought it would be and more. It is comparable to Al's craving for cheesecake. LOL We stayed at the Bar Harbor KOA and pitched a tent right on the beach. I woke up at 5 am to see that the tide had come in and was about 10 feet from our tent front. I took some pictures and went back to sleep. I got up around 7am and went for a strole on the beach with my wonderful wife. Did you know that on July 27th we will be married for 14 years! I'm such a blessed man to have the privledge of God allowing me to share the last 14 years of my life with my beautiful, loving, caring wife. I know gag get on with the update. She is the love of my life and I just wanted to take a moment to share how much she means to me. Thanks for that. Well any way we started walking and all of a sudden the boys came running out of the tent. We moved mound after mound of sea weed and found baby lobsters, crab, mussells, oysters, barnacles etc. Taylor found out what it was like to be clamped down on by a crab. Ouch!! Please see pictures for this day. Well that is all for now. Christy will post pictures shortly. Please tune in later for July 2nd and all the fun we had at Bar Harbor, Acadia National Park, Cadillac Mountain and more. Bye for now. Nathan