Archive for October, 2021
Maine 2021
by Gil on Oct.20, 2021, under Flying
Joyce and I flew to Rockland Maine, on Tuesday, October 12th to visit one of our favorite places and see the fall colors. The flight up was interesting in that weather forced us inland with a fuel and lunch stop in Martinsburg, WV. We did an instrument approach, refueled had lunch then continued to the Rockland airport. Headwinds all the way so the total flying time ended up being 7.7 hours. We picked up a rental car and drove up the coast past Camden to our favorite B & B the Inn and Sun Rise Point. Matt and M.J. the owners welcomed us, made a dinner reservation, and made us comfortable. A glass of wine and dinner and we got a great night’s sleep.
Wednesday, after a fabulous breakfast we headed back to the airport to meet our friends Harold and Ellen Yanofsky who flew over from their summer home in New Hampshire. We had a delightful lunch at a restaurant on the water in Rockport and after dropping them off at the airport did some leaf-peeping in the area south of Camden. Beautiful! The people at the Inn made a reservation at a restaurant in Camden, called Natalie’s, which turned out to be outstanding. Oysters, lobster, deconstructed chocolate cake, yumm.
Thursday after another spectacular breakfast, we drove north up the coast to the town of Belfast to view the fall foliage and coastline. We returned to Camden for a little shopping and sightseeing. We returned to the Inn to relax then were off to a local restaurant for our last lobster and oysters of the trip.
The forecast for Saturday was pretty ugly so we decided to leave Friday morning. We took off and climbed through a low ceiling to enjoy tailwinds all the way. We stopped for fuel and lunch at George Town, Delaware, and were home in Hilton Head by 4:00 PM. Great quick trip in our magic carpet.
- Inn at Sunrise Point
- View of Penobscot Bay
- Lunch with Harold and Ellen
- Lighthouse site seeing
- Color in Belfast
- MoreColor
- Joyce
- More site seeing
- Camden Harbor
- LOBSTER