We explored Portland for a little while in the morning, and made a few discoveries.Best of Show has to go to The Farmer's Table, a seriously locavore place on the waterfront with outdoor and indoor dining. I had an omelet with Pineland Farms cheddar cheese and Maine Grind breakfast sausage, with black coffee. Lorna had grilled salmon on arugula. Everything was fresh, expertly prepared, and delicious.

The Farmer's Table serves dinner too, so we are sure to be back for that. I was happy to see that the bar features a number of local and New England spirits, including  Cold River Gin and almost all of the Berkshire Distillery products.

We made a few other discoveries and acquisitions of note. The Corner General Store had many Maine microbrews in a cooler, as well as the whole line of Maine Meadworks sweet and dry meads. I grabbed a Needham for the road, but didn't need it because...

Lorna had visited Dean's Sweets in search of something fancy in white chocolate. She was disappointed, but the true chocoholic won't be: they make rich, super-chocolate decadent truffles by hand in the shop. They were chocolate through and through, so the orange truffle, for example, had a rich chocolate filling with a wisp of orange flavor instead of the more common orange cream. If you like chocolate chocolate, then this may be a find for you.

I also stopped at the Portland Public Marketplace to grab some cheese. I got a fresh goat Gardian cheese from Sunset Acres Farm, a way downeast near Stonington.  this was to have something to nibble on for our journey, because the morning in Portland was only a stepping-off point for our ultimate destination: Sunset from Cadillac Mountain!