Tails From Tennessee: A Day to Explore Eastport

The weather the next day was perfect. Bentley had a nice walk through the CG and he loved looking at everything EXCEPT the water. The beach, the lakes and the bay is scary to him, and he kind of hunkers down. He does the same with big dogs, but he is nice and safe in his stroller.

We were in better shape the next day to explore Eastport. We decided to take a whale watching cruise on a lobster boat, so we stopped at the office to pick up our tickets. The boat was to leave at 1:30pm, so we would have the rest of the morning to explore.After getting our tickets we headed off to the breakfast Restaurant WaCo Diner. It is the oldest dinner in Eastport having been in business for 80 years. The breakfast was good and we were ready to explore Eastport.

After breakfast we went for a tour of Raye's Mustard Factory. David had ordered some Raye's mustard a couple of years ago and it was really good. Little did we know it was made in Eastport. What a coincidence. It was shocking to see the size of the operation. They make 33 kinds of mustard and they have 3 employees. It's the original very small factory from early 1900's. The equipment is the same original equipment also and it's amazing it is still in operation. And their mustard is great.

These are 55 gallon (empty) barrels that they store the mustard in. They shipped their mustard world wide.

After the tour we took a little walk about Easport. The town is very small and the buildings and houses are OLD. The SL Wadsworth building was established in 1818 and is now a hardware store with everything you could ever want cramped in there. It reminded me of the old Rangeley hardware store that is no longer there. Eastport is a quaint village.