Leslie and David's Wanderings: 23 July 2022 Furthest East

In our travels, we have found ourselves in interesting geographic locations. During our honeymoon in Hawaii, we stumbled upon the southernmost point in the 50 states. In Alaska, we drove to Homer and found ourselves at the western most point in the 50 states that you could drive to. While in Washington State, we found ourselves at the northwestern most point in the lower 48 states. These experiences led us to add hitting some of these unique geographic locations to our must visit list. In California, we got as close to the western most point in the lower 48 states, which also happens to be the south western most point in the lower 48 states, as we could, but since it is on Vandenburg Air Force Base, we could not reach the actual locations. While in Key West, we went to the southernmost point in the 48 states. While in southern Florida, we got as close to the southeastern most point as we could (it’s on private land). So, naturally, we headed for the eastern most point in the continental US while on our east coast tour. That happens to be Quoddy Point Maine, where the Quoddy Head Light House is located. We headed up US1 from our campsite. US1 passes through several little coastal towns which we found more scenic than our drive south on US1. We stopped in Milibrook, at the Chipman’s Warf, to have lunch. We both had a delicious lobster roll that was so fresh and light, we almost wanted to get another. They also sold fresh sea food straight off the boat (Lobster, crab, cod, haddock, salmon, mussels, clams, etc). We made a mental note to stop on the way back to pick up some fresh fish for dinner. As we drove through many of the small towns, we noticed that there were several popup flea markets. We decided we would visit those on our way back. We arrived at Quoddy Point state park around 1:30. We were surprised that there were a fair number of people at this obscure and out of the way location. This is not a location you would stumble across. The light house was very picturesque and there is even a marker for this being the easternmost point. Just across the channel is Roosevelt Island in Canada. On the way out we stopped at the gift store and bought some Christmas gifts for friends and family. We headed back to the Wanderer and arrived at Chipman Warf just as they were locking the door to the store. But they were nice and opened up just for us. We stocked up on some fresh clams, salmon, haddock, cod and also some of their prepared fish chowder, clam chowder and smoked salmon dish. We are eating sea food for the next week!! Yum!