After our day of active hiking on Monhegan Island, we were very content to lay around the house most of the morning. I did some reading, and wrote postcards, as has become my habit. In the afternoon, we visited the Owl's Head Transportation Museum. This is a fine museum of antique vehicles, with an impressive collection of automobiles, motorcycles, airplanes, and even a Gemini capsule spacecraft. This was to accentuate the fact that in the span of one lifetime, humans went from the first powered flight to walking on the moon. The collection was amazing, and many if not most of the automobiles and airplanes appeared in operational condition. The museum is adjacent to a county airport, so the airplanes are often flown in demonstrations. It was a wonderful afternoon, strolling among the historic vehicles.
After the museum, we ate our first lobster of the trip, at last. Upon the recommendation of some local residents, we visited McLoon's Lobster Shack. It's a small walk-up business with a large area of outdoor tables near an active lobster boat dock. In fact, a working lobster boat unloaded its catch while we ate, and we got to see what's involved in the process. The lobster rolls we ordered were about the best I've ever had. And the cup of clam chowder was excellent as well. The predicted rain that afternoon held off, and it was partly sunny and very pleasant as we enjoyed our meal. Having now had some lobster, our Maine experience is complete!
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| Plenty of restored automobiles to be seen at the museum |
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| The Curtis Jenny was one of the first airplanes to carry US Mail |
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| McLoon's lobster roll- none better |
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| Our first lobster experience in Maine this trip |
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| The working lobster waterfront nearby as we ate |
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