The 5:30 alarm was set to begin our journey.  Needless to say, I turned it off well before its scheduled awakening klaxon and turned on the coffee pot.  Up and at ’em, loaded up, one more stop for McDonald’s coffee and we’re off to the ATL.  Smooth drive over and we found our usual Spots parking garage.  As always, the shuttle pulled up behind us as we entered our parking space – which means – grab everything quick, no time to organize, and hope everything made it onboard.  Packed to the hilt, we lumber along to the terminal – all of course heading for Delta.  We weaved our way thru the check-in line and smoothed thru security and get to our gate with plenty of time to spare.  A quick scan of our probable flight companions reveals a further deterioration in attire acceptable for public transportation.  Gym shorts and t shirt guy with his family was the prime example.  Hurry up and wait and we’re finally seated, Stevie properly sedated with my flight cocktail concoction and down the runway we go.  A great 2 hour flight and we’re able to watch live college football.  Approaching into Boston, the Bay is full of sailboats on a spectacular Saturday afternoon.  Luggage pickup is smooth, a few bumps at the Enterprise operation, and we’re off to Maine in our Ford Fusion.  Shannon’s navigating gets us out on I-95 and we cut thru New Hampshire and on into Maine.  First stop – Freeport, home of the LL Bean flagship store.  The Hampton Inn provides us with our first night accommodations and we head out for a much needed beer at Gritty McDuff’s Brewery and then head into town and find Jameson Tavern for a night cap.  Needing a really good night’s sleep, we make a stop at the CVS for pharmaceutical sleep aids to accompany our infusion of ale, and we’re out by 10pm.  9 hours later, we arise refreshed and ready for a full day – first stop – LL Bean.  When we first put Freeport on our destination list, we were a little concerned about the “over 100 outlet stores” that populate the famous town – fortunately, the town planners got it right and the quaint little town retains its charm.  The Bean store was super fun – helpful folks, bright smiles and small crowd – A couple of jackets, monogrammed toiletry case, and red duck boot shoelaces and we decided a beer was necessary to close out our stay in Freeport.  Our thirst was quenched at Azure out on the patio.  It is a spectacular sunny cool day.  Coordinates set for Belfast, we’re off again to the small port village.  A cute as crap downtown, we park and shop along Main Street.  At the Meadow,  I asked the store owner where we should go for our first ever lobster roll and he quickly called a place to make sure they did serve the tourist favorite.  Indeed they did, and with a description of what a lobster pound is (where the boats unload the daily catch!) and a west facing porch on the water, we made course for Young’s Lobster Pound.  After running back to the gas station for beer and wine, we placed our order for lobster roll in a working lobster pound!  There were crustaceans everywhere!  We settled on a table near the water looking out at all the boats moored in the Bay.  When our number was called and meal delivered, we nervously bit into the fare.  Wow, there’s fresh lobster and then there’s fresh, just off the boat, Maine lobster – no comparison.  That will definitely not be our last lobster roll.  Time to find our B&B, the Jeweled Turret Inn.  Kathy, the innkeeper greets us and gives us the tour and shows us the Amethyst Room, where we’ll lay our heads for the evening.  A bite of pizza is called for and we head back downtown and find Meanwhile in Belfast and it turned out to be delightful.  Our waiter, Steve (of course), also works in Camden and said he’ll be at Natalies Thursday nite and would love to have us for our wedding celebration.  Time for the first B & the second B starts at 8am.  Good nite.