When we got up Friday morning, we were fearful that we might
be delayed getting to Moody Beach because we didn’t know what it would take to
get the noise fixed that we were hearing on the motorhome.
We stopped at the truck repair place that morning so the
manager could check it out and guess what?
No noise. Weirdest thing. We both heard the noise the day before but we
couldn’t hear a thing this morning. We
thanked the manager for taking a look at it for us, hooked up the car, and we
were on our way.
We arrived at Moody Beach early afternoon to a campground
that was much more crowded than when we had left in June. July and August are their peak months.
Our friend, John, saw us when we pulled in and led us to a
couple of possible sites. We decided on
site #196 and started getting all set up including satellite TV, something we
had not had in almost a month.
Friday night, we all went out to eat a local Irish pub where
Chuck and I split nachos and onion rings.
(We didn’t feel very Irish that night.)
I introduced them to onion rings and honey. They thought it was as weird as we did the
first time I had them in St. Barbe. Friday
night was karaoke night so we stayed and watched for a while and then went back
and sat around Lisa and Bernie’s fire for a while and talked with them and a
couple of other people who stopped by to enjoy their campfire.
Lisa and Bernie stay at Moody Beach for the season and have
built this awesome fire pit with gravel and chairs and benches around it. Very inviting!
We woke up to a beautiful sunrise Saturday morning.
I spent most of the weekend getting caught up on laundry and
the blog. I had tried to stay caught up
on writing the entries for the blog while we were in Newfoundland and deciding
which pictures to upload; but because the internet was either too slow or too
expensive, I didn’t post anything to the blog.
Now with good internet access, I was finally able to start posting on
the blog.
John and Lorraine invited us over for grilling steaks and
ribs and then we went back to Lisa and Bernie’s and sat around their fire again
Saturday night. On Sunday night, Joe
grilled sausages and everyone brought side dishes. I made the apple dumplings again which got
eaten up very quickly.
On Monday, I had to get caught up on some work so Chuck rode
with John, Lorraine and Janice to Lisbon Falls to get a Moxie shirt. Moxie is the official soft drink of Maine and
it tastes like a licorice flavored soft drink.
We found out later that years ago it was sold as an elixir. Chuck bought a Moxie when we were in Maine back in June and it took him
about a week to finish drinking it. By the time he finished it, he said it wasn't too bad. John and Joe said most people either like it or hate it. It is a really different tasting cola.
While on their day trip they also went to L L Bean’s in
Freeport where L L Bean first started. While there, they did some looking around and a little shopping. On the way there, Chuck had an unpleasant encounter
with a moose. :)
And then they went and picked up some lobster so we could
have a “lobsterfest” on our last night at Moody Beach. John said we had to have lobster before we
left and we were SO GLAD!!!
Chuck and I have had lobster at different restaurants while
traveling in the northeast this summer and NONE of them are as good as the
lobster that Joe steams. They are so
good you don’t even have to dip them in melted butter. What a great last dinner in Maine!
Chuck ate 4 lobsters and I had 3!
After dinner, we all went back over to Lisa and Bernie’s and sat
around their fire one last night. I
fixed some good ol’ Tennessee homemade chocolate ice cream that I think
everyone enjoyed for dessert.
We are so glad we were able to stop and spend a few more
days with our new friends at Moody Beach:
John & Lorraine, Joe & Janice, Lisa & Bernie, and many
others we met while on our two visits there this summer. They welcomed us “Southerners” in and made us
a part of their Moody Beach family from the very beginning…even though we talk
funny. :)
Thanks ya’ll!
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