We got out of Worcester in time for a trip out scenic Orr's Island and Bailey's Island, which shelters the northern end of Casco Bay from the sea.  It was a very productive trip! We got fiddleheads, diver scallops, Jersey cow milk, and farm-fresh eggs.

We knew we were in foodie-friendly country when, passing by the Gurnet Trading Company for the hundredth time, we saw a sign out for frsh fiddleheads. I screeched to a stop and we went in to see what was on offer. They indeed had a bowl of lovely green fiddleheads for $4.99/lb (much less than half the price closer to Portsmouth), and right beside it in the ice was a bowl of diver scallops. I asked about them, bought a few for dinner tomorrow night, and carried on. Later I learned more about them, and that information is recorded here.

We made it out to the point and back, a very lovely drive not far from Portland and Freeport, and then across Mountain Road past the Black Sheep Wine Shop and Vegetable Corner to go out to then end of Harpswell. That is a pretty drive, too, although it ends rather abruptly.

On our return, we stopped in at Two Coves Farm. Farmer Joe Grady greeted me and told me a thing or two about the farm; I was happy to score a half-gallon of Jersey Cow raw milk and a dozen eggs that will go into tomorrow's dessert after our fiddlehead dinner.

Later on our expedition, as we followed the ins and outs of the Maine coast, we discovered Wolfe's Neck Farm in Freeport but did not go in, and then we came upon our old friend the Bow Street Market, where I got a variety of mushrooms to cook up with the fiddlehead dinner, and there I also found the long-sought Boissiere Dry Vermouth and the elite Vya Dry Vermouth. We finished with dinner at the fanatically locavore Farmer's Table in Portland and discussed what to do with our discoveries for the drive home.

Yes, it was a productive expedition indeed!