With only a few days remaining on the PEI2012 road trip, we were finishing up in the Maritimes and heading to the US. Before we hit the road this morning we visited Magnetic Hill. The entire area has changed from 36 years ago when I went there as a kid.

The place is like an attraction park.

Nearby is the Magnetic Hill Concert Site, they were setting up for the Bruce Springsteen concert being held there this Sunday with Tom Cochrane and Red Ryder. There were still tickets available, as well as hotel rooms.

We crossed the border around 11:00 am, and had about a 20 minute wait. Here is Angela posing with a barrel. Read the sign, it says “For your Good Health Barrel Picking is Prohibited”.

We stopped in Bangor, Maine for gas and drove by Stephen King’s house.

Our stop for the evening is Freeport, Maine. The two bellhops taking our bags to the room.

Freeport is the home of L.L. Bean, the main downtown is like a L.L. Bean Campus. There is the flagship store, a bike & boat store, hunting & fishing store and a home store. We only went into the flagship store and we were getting lost. Outside the store is a big “Bean” boot.

Inside there are animals and other displays.

They have a fish tank near the front with trout in the tank. There is an observation bubble for little kids.

And not so little kids.

Here is Claudia and Angela getting stepped on by the boot.

Gillian and Susan watching us stage the photo.

Once again we had a great day of weather.

For dinner we headed down to the marina in South Freeport.

It was time for lobster again, so I googled “lobster dinner in Freeport” and the Harraseeket Lunch and Lobster came back as one of the Top 10 Lobster Shacks in Maine from TravelandLeisure.com.

To order lobster follow the signs on the ground.

Order at the window on the right, pick it up at the window on the left.

But first decide on what to have. Susan and I went for the Lobster Delight, a 1 lb lobster, a corn on the cob and 12 steamed clams for $22.95. The girls had fried shrimp and scallop baskets. They don’t serve alcohol, but if you wanted, you can bring your own bottle of wine or beer.

Here is the lobster delight. It was delicious.

A couple of more photos of the marina.

Our drive took us from Moncton, NB to Freeport, ME, it took about 7.5 hours with stops.

Freeport, Maine.