Freeport, Maine

When we stay at the camp in Oquosssoc we always take a day to drive down to Freeport. This time we re staying in (or rather near) Freeport which gives us a bit more time to hang out there. The whole town of Freeport is a major shopping outlet mall, but as outlet malls go there are very few bargains. It is also the home of L L Bean and their many stores.

Our CG was KOA Freeport which was out in the country and down a long, winding dirt road, It was very open and spacious with baseball fields, pools, a large playground and a little kids train and some ponies that stay there. There were pull thru  campsites out in the open for people wanting to use their satellite set ups and nice shaded cozy back in campsites for more privacy and cooler spots. We had a pull thru spot and it was plenty big.

We got there early afternoon, so that after setting everything up, we had time to drive to Freeport.

Yep !!! L L Bean was still there. Many years ago it was 1 big store, but now is broken up into the main store, hunting and fishing, home store and bike, boat and ski. There is also an outlet store which we like to visit also.

The old L L Bean outlet was torn down and there is a new outlet shopping mall in it's place. The new outlet is much nicer than the old store and there are a few bargains to be found. I love the quality of their goods. They last forever, but once you find something you like, they will discontinue it. The only thing I found this time was some long sleeve T shirts for winter. David found a couple of shirts too.

The town basically looks the same with a few stores moved to new locations. The quilt store there had moved to a new location. It was very nicely done and they had a nice variety of items from fabric to EPP tools and some nice patterns and quilt samples on display. The town also had a new and very, very nice yarn shop with an enormous amount of yarn. I did find some great sock yarn there.

I love the architecture there. The buildings and houses look so interesting.

One of the stores we had to visit was Wicked Whoopies. They used to be on the other side of town, but are now across from LL Bean's main store. The Ben & Jerry's stand that was on the side walk in from of LL Bean is now around the corner on a side street, so they have probably lost major business,

Then there is the Mangy Moose store that has been there for many years. It was good to see they were still there & carrying the same sorts of things like T shirts and Mainey decor.

We had dinner one night at Gritty McDuff's and the meal was good. The next night we had a light supper in the MH (too many whoopie pies during the day). UGHHH

On our last day we ate at Linda Beans's restaurant.David had haddock (as usual) and I had a cup of lobster stew and fish tacos. The fish tacos were not great. I don't think they know what goes in fish tacos, other than fish. It had lettuce and tomato. This is the CUP of lobster stew. It was terrific and full of lobster. When you hear the word "stew" you think potatoes, carrots, celery, etc. But real lobster stew only has cream, butter and lots of lobster. This was the real deal. I've been waiting all of the vacation for a good lobster stew.

 Finnegan enjoyed the new bed on the dashboard.

We are heading towards home and will be stopping in Bristol, CT on the way back. Nothing to see, just an over night stop.