Day 5: Aug. 7, 2009

We rose early to make sure we took full advantage of the full country breakfast that was provided at The Pentagoet Inn: seafood quiche, bacon, eggs, blueberry muffins, fruit salad with granola and vanilla yogurt. Oh yes, and coffee waiting for us outside our door, Mmmm good. After enjoying a hearty breakfast, we took a spin downtown, just to make sure we didn't miss anything. We enjoyed some local art, a shop called Historical Handiworks, and the whimsical Bird Song gift shop located at our Inn. It was nice to chat with the local shop keepers.

We made our way on the outskirts of town to find a lighthouse nearby. The lighthouse keepers still live in the house next to it, so you can't actually get very close to it. You can take a narrow winding public path through a field and some woods to get down to the beach, though. Dyce Head Lighthouse, not the most elaborate or unique but none the less, a lighthouse. On our way to and from we spotted this really nice inn, called The Manor Inn.

Once we got back to the downtown area, we stopped for some lunch at Bah's Bakehouse. Both of us got Mexican BLTs which consisted of turkey, bacon, lettuce, tomato, avocado, chipotle mayo and a little salsa. Jen also got Broccoli & Cheese soup and I got Haddock Chowder. We ate this out on their 2nd story deck, it was quite pleasant.

After that it started to get cloudy and began to sprinkle. We headed back to our room and relaxed. We had made dinner reservations earlier in the day for the dining room at the inn. We were the first ones to show up for dinner tonight, so we got first pick of where we wanted to sit: a nice little table with a small candle right on the front porch next to all the pretty flowers. It was a little fancy, we ordered a glass of Pinot Noir from New Zealand and both got the Lobster Linguine with pine nuts, capers, arugula and a white cream sauce. Very Good! Before that they gave us small slices of warm bread and garlic white bean hummus. For dessert, Jen of course got a Key Lime Tart and I got an Espresso & Sambuca. Better watch out for those LaSalles', they're getting some culture! After dinner, we changed out of our "fancy fou-fou clothes" as Jen likes to call them, and walked down to the harbor for a bit. We will be spending the rest of the night in our room, it's quite chilly out this evening. Good thing we purchased jackets at LL Bean yesterday!

Some Harbor Pictures of Castine, ME: