Classic Trip - Maine 1999

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The commons disclaimer, prices together with information are vintage 1999...your mileage may vary...

On our swing through the northeast, Maine served as a adventure to residuum & recharge our batteries inward betwixt the to a greater extent than hectic measuring of America’s large cities. This trip brought us downeast...to Wells together with Ogunquit.

Public transportation hither is pretty much nonexistent then a rental machine is inward order. I had a Ford Contour reserved, which would likely accommodate our needs fine, but I permit the Hertz agent verbalise us into upgrading to a Ford Explorer for a few dollars more. As roomy as it looks, the Explorer is actually a pretty hapless alternative for someone inward a wheelchair. Oh well, fourth dimension to motility on.

Southwest, 1 time again the alternative for wheelchair users on a budget, brought us inside an hr of our finish from Los Angeles for a mere $99 each way. To larn this rate, larn to Southwest’s spider web site together with sign upward for their electronic mail meshing fares which often accept coast-to-coast $99 deals.

We stayed at Village yesteryear the Sea, a condo complex nigh the Atlantic shore. In the fall, a huge ii bedroom, ii bath condo volition educate you lot dorsum exclusively $85 a night. Minus 1 sleeping accommodation together with bathroom, the toll is exclusively $65 per nighttime (the cost is most double inward 2011 - Ed). The unit of measurement nosotros chose was wheelchair accessible but did non accept a curlicue inward shower. The original bath had select handgrip of bars together with a shower caput on a hose.

Perkin's Cove together with the Ugly Anne

There’s non a lot of activeness hither inward Southern Maine for those of you lot who alive for the nightlife, but the scenery is spectacular. Ogunquit is your typical niggling Maine line-fishing village. Many boats depart from its niggling Perkins Cove to educate traps for lobsters each twenty-four hr menstruum inward the season.

Marginal Way

Marginal Way, a wheelchair accessible beach walk, winds a mile from the quaint cove along rocky beaches together with lastly ending upward inward the as quaint downtown department of Oganquit.

To the northward of Wells, the Rachel Carson Wildlife Refuge offers around other accessible hiking trail through a mile of its woods providing breathtaking views along amongst the adventure to larn upward closed together with personal amongst the area’s animals.

Diners caput to Maine for around other reason, its lobster. You tin larn lobster here...in flavor (spring through early on fall)...in many ways. Lobster rolls, stew, chowder, pie, etc. It’s plentiful together with cheap. On a tip from the hotel staff, nosotros checked out the Sundog.

The Sundog is a local eating theater hither inward Wells that has sort of an incongruous Alaska motif but serving proficient nutrient at proficient prices inward a slightly sterile atmosphere. It’s a flake of a shocker for those of us out-of-towners used to seing lobster as the expensive star of a menu. Here, it’s the cheapest thing. Lobster dinner - $8.95. Want 2? $14.95. H5N1 chicken dinner was $12.95 together with steak was $15.95. The lobster hither was sweet, delicious, together with local. The service hither the best of the trip. (The Sundog may no longer live inward business, I can't uncovering whatever listing for it - Ed)

Other dinners were had at the Shore Café together with Barnacle Billy’s inward Oganquit. The Shore Café served upward around non bad nutrient together with decent service. Barnacle Billy’s was a flake mediocre, proficient service, a flake overpriced but came amongst meg dollar views of Perkins Cove.

Another, fifty-fifty better, house to swallow is Jackie's Too, on the wharf at Perkin's Cove. Along amongst the fresh caught lobster, they accept the best burgers we'd uncovering inward Maine.

Since nosotros were at that topographic point inward mid October, the autumn colors were spectacular together with at their peak. It is non without justification that New England is the most pop house for leafage peepers to see each fall...although if you lot fourth dimension it correct the color is slightly to a greater extent than spectacular inward the Blue Ridge mountains downwardly south.

The conditions was chilly together with around towns, such as Old Orchard Beach, were completely closed downwardly due to summertime beingness over.

To total up, spectacular scenery, a really relaxing pace, beautiful countryside scenery, together with delicious seafood is what Maine has inward shop for the wheelchair traveler.

-Darryl
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