And the restaurants will fill you up with lobsters, clams, mussels and any other local seafood that you can imagine. Also in the area is Yarmouth, which boasts the largest globe in the world at the DeLorme map publishing headquarters. Farther up the road, Freeport offers a bevy of outlet stores for the shopper's delight. We joined the frenzy for a couple of hours, but had to disengage from the melee and catch a breath. This kind of shopping is only for the strong willed.
Tour buses drop off scads of people who fan out in search of the best possible deal.
We got a beer and stretched our legs in Boothbay Harbor - the largest boating harbor northeast of Boston, Massachusetts. The harbor didn't knock our socks off. Camden is also a pleasant town with brick buildings lining the downtown area. In Rockland, we hustled onto the ferry for an hour and 15 minute ride to Vinalhaven. The island is home to two abandoned rock quarries that now provide natural swimming holes.