5 Jul 2024 - Lunch in Machias Maine with Chick & Joanne

 

Another great day here in Down East Maine!  This morning we drove to Chick and Joanne McCoubrey's house and then headed to Machias, a village on the coast.  The word Machias roughly translated in the Passamaquoddy language to “bad little falls”, which describes the beautiful and rugged waterfalls located on the Machias River in the center of the community. The falls provided the power to the historic mills that lined the waterway to the bay. Interesting fact that Machias was the site of the first naval battle of the American Revolution.

The reason we headed to Machias was during our 2016 Maine visit we met Chick and Joanne at a restaurant called "Helen's" which had delicious food and Doreen's favorite, an awesome blueberry sangria!  As we arrived it was obvious there was likely not a single parking space in Helen's parking lot, so we opted for Mason's Brewing Company just down the road.  

I had a glass of their Brown Ale American, and Doreen & Chick had a cocktail called "Don't Raspberry Me, That is Rude"!  It included St George Citrus vodka, St George Raspberry vodka and lemon acid water.

Mason's Brewing offers a wide variety of food,  and I had to snap a picture of my monster halibut sandwich!   It reminded me of one of our Iowa pork tenderloins hanging over the bun and consuming the plate.  I ate some fries, the slaw and only the fish portions that hung over the bun, and brought the entire rest of the sandwich back for dinner here in the RV!

After leaving Mason's Brewing we stopped by Hannaford Food so that Doreen could pick up some blueberry wine, and she found a couple.  

As we were running short on time with Liberty, we drove to our campground so we could let her out and show Chick & Joanne our camper.  We then headed back to their house in Meddybemps.  Joanne used to be a hair stylist, and so she gave Doreen a trim while Chick and I sat out on their deck and enjoyed the afternoon.  They have an awesome view of Meddybemps Lake from their back deck and from their living room windows for that matter!  I can only image this view in the winter with snow on the ground.  

Sadly we said our goodbyes to Chick and Joanne, and thanked them for their hospitality and friendship.

Joanne prepared an awesome blueberry pie with blueberries from their farm, and a rhubarb cake also grown right here!  She sent us back to the RV with a few pieces of both along with some tomatoes she had grown, so our dessert tonight was awesome!!

Does not get any better than this!!

Tomorrow we will drive to Calais to refuel the truck, replenish the pantry and fridge, and stop by the post office.  Back at the camper it will be the normal "day before we leave" tasks.  Sunday morning we will depart Down East and drive over to Old Orchard Beach for a few days!.