The caravan met at Wells Beach Resort in Wells, Maine. It was a strange campground, very narrow and very deep. But it was convenient to stores and the beach.
We had our orientation meeting where we introduced ourselves and told a little about what we do/did. It looks like all of us are retired. There were 3 nurses, 1 PA, and 1 doctor. Several were from the Air Force. Others were bankers, engineers and real estate. Some of them are on their 5th or 6th Fantasy Tour. There are about 52 of us on the tour. Marilyn and I are the only singles – the rest were couples.
For dinner, we went to Billy’s Crab Shack for lobster. It was quite a sight to see the waitresses bring out 50+ lobsters on giant trays on their shoulders.
I’m sitting next to Marilyn (Little Rock, AR). We became great friends on the trip. She’s married, but her husband just doesn’t like to travel. He says he has to stay home and take care of the livestock – koi fish and 2 cats. That’s Roy and Janis (Orlando, FL) across from us. They have an RV just like mine. Jim and Joyce (NY) is the next couple back, and finally Jamie and Debbie (NY).
The next day we toured Kennebunkport, Maine. We started off with a trolley tour with a guide. Boy, these people in Kennebunkport are sure proud of the fact that all the Bushes still spend their summers there. Their compound was pointed out repeatedly – it is located on a spit/projection/peninsula very near town. We also saw some sea captains houses, and Saint Ann’s church. It was built with huge boulders right at the edge of the ocean. And it came with lots of plaques labeling the Bushes because they attended there, and had weddings and funerals there.
After our trolley ride, we went on a lobster boat ride. We essentially saw the same things we just saw on the trolley, only this time from the water. But they also pulled up a couple of lobster traps and explained that whole process. They use fish guts as bait and it was quite smelly when they opened that bucket to re-bait the traps. Next photo shows a trap with a lobster, and look, the Bush compound is in the background!
