Blessed Are the Cheesemakers
by arlingtonhynes
Eva’s first batch of mozzarella. It’s good! It’s actual cheese!
We Took to the Roads
Driving from Maine to everyplace else, for no sanely defensible reason.
August 20, 2013
Buck’s Naked BBQ, Freeport, ME
by arlingtonhynes
Verdict: Even worse than the gimmicky sign led me to expect, and the sign’s been scaring me off for five years.
Here’s to another five. And another.
The brisket tastes okay, but it’s much too tough. You’re supposed to cook it slowly for a long time, so it falls apart at the touch of a fork. They have no clue. The house barbecue sauce is ketchup based and adequate. The corn bread is fine and the potato salad is marginal. The “mango lime” salad dressing is retarded, just pointless.
The accompanying glass of Four Roses Small Batch bourbon does a lot to improve the flavor, but that stuff would make my old socks taste good.
I don’t know if they have the Four Roses at the bar there. I was up in Freeport on my bike and got takeout. I had the bottle at home.
August 11, 2013
Blueberry Mountain, Fryeburg, ME
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Not the other Blueberry Mountain near Weld, ME.
We ate a lot of blueberries, and picked more to bring home.
June 14, 2013
Cobbscook Bay State Park, Maine
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That’s the Atlantic Ocean right there, more or less. The tide is getting pretty well ebbed.
Our camp site:
May 5, 2013
Snow on Blueberry Mountain near Weld, ME. May 5.
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Lots of snow patches in the pine woods starting about half a mile from the top.
And Lake Webb from the summit:
Last time we were up here, we took a canoe out on that lake and ended up in three-foot waves, which is more wave than you may think.
We Took to the Roads 