Downeast Maine is blueberry country, and there are no better blueberies than the tiny Wild Maine Blueberries. I usually try to avoid the carbs, but I can't pass up the black coffee and blueberry pie for breakfast at Helen's in Machias.

From Machias we continued our eastward trek toward the dawn country, arriving in Lubec some time later after exploring the few side roads that reach out to the sea. It's only about 30 miles, but we were in no rush - we were adventuring!

One happy discovery out in Lubec, about as far as you can go in Downeast Maine before you reach Canada, was Monica's Chcocolates. Monica is an excellent chocolatier who makes beautiful shells and filled chocolates that she boxes up and ships all over the country. I still haven't learned how she wound up in Lubec, though - Monica is from Peru!