Stonington, Maine

On Sunday morning we made a pretty long drive down to Stonington, Maine. Stonington is a small coastal town in Maine that is very picturesque and everything you would imagine Maine to be from pictures. There is a small downtown area off the water, the view of the rocky coast, as well as a view of the forests and mountains. We spent Sunday night and Monday at Old Quarry Ocean Adventures. When we got there we took a bike ride around the island to check out the town and get a view of the sights. We had a campsite with a view of the ocean and even had some fresh lobster for dinner Sunday night. Will went down to pick it out after much confusion about how the process worked and then the campground steamed it for us. 

Monday morning we rented a tandem sea kayak. Off of Stonington there are several small islands that you can explore. We explored several of them for about 4 hours. A few were private with really cool houses and views, but the others were just forested. We hung out on the swim quarry island for a while where we were able to take a little hike to the top and then have some lunch. There was also a fresh water swimming hole on the island. If you are ever on the coast of Maine this is definitely an area that we would recommend. It is not overpopulated with tons of tourists everywhere and it gives you the postcard views you would imagine from Maine.

We left Stonington on Monday afternoon and began our drive down the Maine coast. We stopped in Freeport to checkout the LL Bean flagship store. Only bought a pair of biking gloves, but it was definitely neat to look. We needed a convenient and cheap place to camp for the evening, which there are not a lot of up north, but we did discover that you can stay in Cabela's parking lots for free. You can also do this with Walmarts, but Cabelas seemed a little safer. We stayed at the Cabelas in Scarborough, Maine. There were several other people doing the same thing.