Our final morning, we had to take care of one last thing. Jen had committed to our cute (and world-traveling and adventurous) neighbors that she would try lobster in Maine. :) Most of the lobster stands are still closed for the season, but there's a cute little convenience store down the street from my sister's home which brings them in year-round. The kids jumped on their scooters and bikes, and Care and I walked behind, as we all headed down to pick up a steamed lobster (and a lobster roll, too). The lobsters here really are fresh, and the meat guy steamed it for us just in time to pick it up.
Jen had already told us she would absolutely NOT even consider eating a lobster anywhere near the water (hard to do around here!) because it would remind her what she's eating, so we took it back to the house for all to taste. Here she is! She DID taste it...but after several seconds of chewing and thinking, we asked if she liked it. She promptly responded, "NO!" and ran to the bathroom to spit it out. Tragic, but I'm so proud of her for trying. No regrets!
We "big girls", on the other hand (as well as a couple of the boys), happily enjoyed the rest of the giant creature dipped in melted butter! OH, YEAH!!!!
Maine, (and our dear folks who live there now,) we'll MISS YOU!!!! What a wonderful trip!
