Tom
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Hmm .. lobster and shopping. Sounds like Freeport METhey are doing the 'Grand Tour' which includes one night here because there's nothing else to do here but shop and then off to the places with parks (we have 3 state parks and 12 conservation trails) and water (we've got that, too) and lobster (yeah, haven't seen one of those anywhere nearby either).Those are the same one who want an entire list of things to do in the area, for one night, then they show up at 8pm and leave at breakfast. Why the list? I guess they were dreaming....
It's sad. There's so much to do here but it doesn't get the publicity like the shopping does.
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You are right: beautiful, still the soft part of Maine, as Casco Bay starts the rocky coast east. But, anecdotally, many years ago, many years after I left native new england for the west, I brought DW (raised in L.A.) back. We rented an RV in Boston and wandered (and cooked) north at will on to nova scotia.
DW is not a shopper. Not at all. She will find corduroys or suede slip-ons in LL Bean catalog that she likes and buy three identical - good for the next three years. In nearly 40 years I can't recall she ever used lipstick or perfume, and, arguably, she doesn't need adornement.
But, we arrive in Freeport. I park the RV (lots of parking), and we all explore. Several hours later, she is back, zombied by some municipal pchycotropic drug. She has found a perfect jacket at Ann Taylor (?). I have to see it. I do.
I say "honey" (a name I have never used for my wife, but this can't really be her, so I am playing it neutral), "that is pretty, but it isn't really your size (too big for her petite), and a white linen jacket may not be what we need on a camping trip". She was entranced, not to be dissuaded. I think it was only at closing time that I regained normal communication and we moved on.
So, don't blame your guest; find out what psy-ops the chamber of commerce uses.