Belfast, ME – Oct. 4, 2025
Stop #11
Welcome to Maine. What can I say? WOW… Like, seriously, holy shit. Everyone keeps telling me it is unseasonably warm, blah blah blah, but why doesn’t everyone live in Maine? I left Vermont seriously thinking, how can I live here? I will live in an RV on the lake; I do not care.
Arriving in Maine gave me the same feels. The drive in takes you through stunning foliage, lakes, and numerous small towns to explore. Everyone is so nice. EVERYONE. Our RV spot was so amazing too, right on the water. Our very first stop as we approached Belfast was… A LOBSTER ROLL!
For this stop, our RV spot was the best. I planned this months ago, so every single stop and RV spot is a surprise at this point. This was the very first place that we moved everything around to stay 3 nights. Just look at the pics below.
We also stopped at two lobster roll places. One place literally was on the water and was actively bringing in their catch of the day. Honestly, I think there was lobster poop in mine; I thought it was parsley at first, but I couldn’t get it out of my head. It was in all of the lobster pieces on a toasted bun. I ate most of it, but I got so full of poop… Just kidding. I got full (not really). I forgot to take a pic of this roll, but my favorite roll was the one above. The setting of the poopy lobster location was the best, though. I just cannot believe people look at this every day.
My goal was to sort of assess what I am seeing and hearing politically every day in Texas and apply it to real-world experience as I travel through these different states. How does it apply? How does it change? Does it change? Are we as a people going to be okay?
As I am starting to head back down south (tomorrow), I know I have learned a lot. The biggest thing that we have commented on is that we will see something on the news that seems huge. Like… WTF is happening now huge… But this isn’t translating into people’s real worlds. People are still out there being kind, helpful, showing love, etc. BUT we still have those assholes too. In my assessment, when those people arrive, everyone knows it. AND these people have ALWAYS been around. Right now in our country, we are all scared. Some people see themselves as winners by being extra loud and buying all the flags and making sure everyone knows they are there. This is something I am very used to in Texas.
On this trip, in Maine, I saw a different type of sign. A first for me. I initially had my thoughts of what this flag-posting person was about, but as we approached, it was different. Regardless, being true to who we are and figuring out how we can make things better, how we can be kinder, speaks volumes.
Everyone I have spoken to (and it is hard for me to speak to people in a social setting) has been so nice and welcoming. Take this how you will. I do not think things have changed, and there is a lot of information thrown at us all the time, and maybe the sky IS really falling. I only have one life to live; I know how I want to live, and I cannot waste it on the BS anymore. I know what is right and wrong, and that is how we all should be living. Not by some bullshit a politician tells us we should be afraid of or what we should be believing. Not the fear-mongering. But our lives are ours. That cannot be taken from us unless we let them.
Please live. And please, do not let me forget how to live ever again. Here is the flag I saw here. It was one house, but I have never seen anything like this before. This showed a big shift from the conservative Texas, to the more liberal north. ALSO a peek at how kitten life on the road has gotten and how we feed both dogs and kittens together. DOGS AND CATS LIVING TOGETHER, MASS HYSTERIA. If you know where that quote is from, we can be friends.
OH! People have been asking me what I named the kitten. After much deliberation, and so many names we have named her Newt. Newty Tutti Fresh and Fruity… Or what Paul calls here when she poops, Newty Tutti Smelly Pootie, or Fig Newton. BUT I got this name from my favorite movie. “Newt, my name is Newt. Nobody calls me Rebecca, except my brother.” What movie is this??
Speaking of movie, the movie we watched that was filmed in Maine and even in the Belfast area was THINNER. Nothing like a little Stephen King in Maine! A must!
