OUT DOWNEAST

Interesting term, downeast. We have all heard it but did you ever wonder the meaning? It all has to do with Boston and the prevailing winds back in the days of the big sail ships.

On Monday & Tuesday, the 16th & 17th, we took a little overnight trip to Eastport, Maine. Eastport advertises itself as the eastermost city in the United State but-Lubec, Maine advertises itself as the easternmost town in the US. I guess it is semantics. Lubec is more due east. When in Eastport we stayed overnight at a bed & breakfast. This was a first for us. Pleasant experience it turned out to be. We stayed at a place called the Kilby House. Wish we could say we had a water-view but wanted a private bath. Out in the hallway of this 2 story home there was a water view. The gentleman that owned it said he bought it in a forclosure sale & it looked like it was falling down. He has totally refurbished the house and has period antiques as furnishings.

EASTPORT KILBY HOUSE VIEW FROM HALL

BED WITH DOOR TO BATH SLIGHTLY SMALL CLOSET

We went touring the small town of Eastport. Have you ever been to a mustard factory? Rayes has been open since the 1800s. It even made an issue of Martha Stewarts magazine. They have about a jillion kinds of mustard there. It is made on a grind stone and mustard seeds from Aroostook county Maine (where Dwayn was born). As a boy working on the local farms, one of the chores was pulling the mustard weed out of the growing crops. Funny, huh? While wondering the little shops in town I discovered I was an artisan. Note the price! What a surprise to me.

RAYES MUSTARD PAT, THE ARTISAN

The following day we left Eastport and drove to Lubec, Maine( remember the most easternmst TOWN,ourstination was Campobello, the summer white house of FDR. No border problems as you can still go over with picture ID only. Also while there we went to the East Quoddy lighthouse, it is accessible at low tide only and we were at high tide so only a picture.

LUBEC TO CANADA "THE COTTAGE"

(RIGHT TO LEFT)

EAST QUODDY LIGHTHOUSE

OK, enough for this time. I wish there were a better way of putting these pictures in. Everytime one is added it is at the top and you have to drag it down & rearrange everyting again.

BRIDGE TO CANADA