Sunday was a long driving day. We awoke in Machias and started early with pie and coffee at Helen's before heading further downeast to Lubec and then all the way home to Plymouth. That's not that bad, about 400 miles if you stick to Rte 1 and the interstate, but of course we didn't. We explored all the inlets and points that had roads we could drive on and had great fun. 

Eventually we ran out of time and had to head homeward, through Machias and Ellsworth, back over the excellent bridge at Bucksport and past Belfast back to the comforts of more settled lands. We reached Wiscasset around 7pm, in time for dinner at our favorite waystation when heading home from the Maine Coast, Le Garage.   

This whole long expedition was a special trip for Lorna's birthday, and I had made a reservation in advance. Lorna's dad was from Nove Scotia, and maybe that's why she always gets the Finnan Haddie appetizer - it's a sort of Yankee Soul Food.  We go there quite a lot (we are in Maine quite a lot) and Cheryl knows us well by now. I won't say what she did to make Lorna's birthday special, but it was quite special indeed! (And mercifully it did not involve the waitrons singing Happy Birthday.)