Checked out of the Fort Knox Park Inn (Fort Knox is across the river and apparently took 25 years to build before they gave up and left it. Now it's a park, but not very interesting from where we stood) and had breakfast at the Rise and Shine Diner which was pretty good. Seemed to be a locals spot.
Then off on Highway 1 again, with a few diversions to get closer to the coast. Stopped for lunch at Lubec, Maine at a pub called Cohills. I didn't see lobster on the menu, so I had a clam chowder and a salad with cranberry, walnuts and feta cheese. Michael had a smoked fish sampler appetizer which he reported was good. We could have crossed a bridge into Canada at that point, but then would have had a devil of a time getting north to our next destination of St. Andrew's, New Brunswick, Canada. There are lots of islands in that area and the ferry service is spotty that time of year. So we had to backtrack a little (misread the map earlier) to get back to Highway 1 and make our way up to the border town of Calais (pronounced Calis by the locals), Maine to cross into St. Stephen's Canada. Then it was a drive south to St. Andrew's and our hotel, Rossmount Inn. This was a beautiful mansion converted to a hotel and our room was large and beautiful. The only negative was a tiny bathroom. I believe I could have sat on the toilet, brushed my teeth in the sink and washed my feet in the bathtub, all at the same time if I'd wanted to. We drove into town and walked around a bit and had an ice cream. Since we didn't have any Canadian dollars, we paid the $5.40 on a credit card.
Back at the inn we had dinner reservations at 7:00 pm. The dinner there was one of the best I've ever had. We shared the salmon trio appetizer and then I had the tuna and Michael had the pork with risotto. For dessert I had the panne cotta. I told Michael that if I could order my last meal, that would be it.
Fitbit registered 4,309 steps.
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