Five Islands

I hadn't had a chance to get to the coast yet, and luckily another conference attendee (Doug from Toronto) wanted to go check it out as well, and had a car. The drive from Lewiston to Five Islands isn't very scenic; it's mostly the kind of drab new england sprawl that makes me thankful that I don't live there anymore. The little that we saw of Reid state park(google map here) was similarly uninspiring... It's got a few nice beaches with imaginative names (Mile and Half Mile Beach), but not really remarkable in any way. There was a kid trying to surf on 2 foot tall waves, which was a little silly looking, and bushes full of ripe raspberries. I reached into the bushes, helped myself to them and shortly thereafter noticed a sign with "Poison Ivy" written on it, which prompted a dash to the bathrooms to thoroughly wash my hands off. Thankfully I didn't get any rashes. Just down the road is a town called "Five Islands which was really pretty. They even sold lobsters off the dock, which I would have indulged in, had it not been for the fact that I was getting a Lobster Bake for dinner. Here are some of the photos:




We found a house with all sorts of brightly colored Lobster accessories at the edge of town:



After the drive home we were treated to the Lobster Bake, where we got to watch various conference attendees get tutored on how to eat them by the dining hall lady (Ya take the crackers, and crack'em t'gethah haaaahd like this).