How fun is this? We drove into Freeport, Maine not knowing what to expect and yes, we were wowed by LLBean! The town is LLBean. They have 3 huge retail buildings - one for hunting, one for clothing and one for home. We learned that they stay open 24/7 - 365 days a year. They have closed twice in about 50 years - when Kennedy was assasinated and when LL died. Pretty amazing huh? According to the employees we talked to it is a great place to work - they employ 8,000 people in Maine - one guy said LL Bean is Maine. Because they are open all of the time most of the big retailers we are familiar with have put outlets around LL Beans store. It is a shopping mecca. We camped compliments of LL Bean - since they are open all night - you can park all night in their parking lots!
Next stop - Kennebunk Port! Probabably the prettiest place we have been. Of course it didn't hurt that the weather was spectacular (blue skies and 70 degrees)! We walked for about two hours and we were rewarded when we spied the Bush compound in the not to far distance. A place any of us would like to hang out - absolutely pristine and inviting. We enjoyed seeing it. The church you see was built out of stone (that looked like it had been quarried from the rocky coast) sometime in the 18th century. The Bush family history is all over this church. You see George H. W.'s father was Senator Prescott Bush from Maine. The Bush compound has been in the family a long time. When we got back to the village we were very thirsty so we stopped in a harbor side cafe for icetea - nothing special from the outside - kind of run down. Turns out it is George W. favorite haunt. Lots of great pictures - obvious he drops in often
. Great day for us!Now onto Massachusets, Boston and points beyond! TTFN
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It all looks pretty amazing... I can tell you guys are having too much fun to be missing any of us too much! :) That is exactly how it should be.
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