After our last full breakfast of the trip, we headed south on 95 towards Augusta. The Maine Museum in Augusta was labeled as a “gem” in the AAA tourbook, indicating a must-see destination. The museum was large and contained many interesting exhibits about Maine’s history, industry, and nature. They had an exhibit on milk and how its manufacture and delivery has changed in Maine and the US as a whole over the past 100 years. The museum entry fee was only $2, which was a complete bargain compared to some of the other museums we had been to.

We left the museum and headed south towards York and Ogunquit with the destination of Brown’s ice cream, which we had so enjoyed the first time. The traffic around Wells and Ogunquit on Route 1 was terrible. It was much more crowded than when we had previously been there on a weekday. The town of Ogunquit, which we had skipped on the way up, turned out to be a charming sea-side town with lots of shops and restaurants. Unfortunately, it was also the most crowded place we had been to on the trip.

We drove on a small side road from Ogunquit to York, seeing lots of beautiful houses and properties along the way. We ended up at Nubble lighthouse with Brown’s ice cream in our hands once more. I made the mistake of ordering a large, which was enough ice cream to feed a small moose. It was given to us in a too-small cup and ended up dripping all over the place.

After eating by the lighthouse, we started out on the 5 hour journey home. Once home, we had logged about 3200 miles on the Honda. We had a great time on the trip exploring little seaside towns and national parks. We will miss the sights and sounds of the ocean, the rocky coastlines, the drives in Nova Scotia through picturesque farmlands, and staying at all the different campgrounds along the way.