The first adventure we embarked upon as a family, since my
arrival to Ellsworth, was to the big City of Bangor.
Bangor lies 30 miles to the north of where we live and boasts a few key things that Ellsworth does not. Namely a Mall, a Multi-plex movie theater and a Starbucks. Among others. Now, with all our trips from Nashua to visit Jo’s family in New Brunswick, I’d been “through” Bangor a hundred times. But, this was the first time I’d actually got out of the car and set foot in downtown. And, it was actually pretty nice.
So, after dropping Jo off at the Mall to do some last-minute Christmas shopping, the kids and I did a little exploring in Bangor proper. We drove by Stephen King’s House, we visited the giant Lumberjack Statue, we ran around Riverside Park and we checked out a cool Bookstore in the heart of town. It was early on a Saturday morning, but there was definitely a lot activity going on down there.
Afterwards, we took a drive to the highest point in the city to look at the Thomas Hill water tower. It was built in 1897 and has an observation deck at the top from where, apparently on a clear day, you can see both the ocean to the South and Mount Katahdin to the North. It’s only open a few times a year, so we’ll have to keep an eye on that for future visits.
Once Jo finished her shopping we all met up at the movie theater to watch The Good Dinosaur. After the show we did a little browsing at Hobby Lobby and, at least for me and Ethan, spent some time making fun of the goofy stuff they had for sale. We had a late (and loud) lunch at Buffalo Wild Wings and then settled in for the 45 minute drive back to Ellsworth. All in all a good trip to the “Queen City of the East”.
Bangor lies 30 miles to the north of where we live and boasts a few key things that Ellsworth does not. Namely a Mall, a Multi-plex movie theater and a Starbucks. Among others. Now, with all our trips from Nashua to visit Jo’s family in New Brunswick, I’d been “through” Bangor a hundred times. But, this was the first time I’d actually got out of the car and set foot in downtown. And, it was actually pretty nice.
So, after dropping Jo off at the Mall to do some last-minute Christmas shopping, the kids and I did a little exploring in Bangor proper. We drove by Stephen King’s House, we visited the giant Lumberjack Statue, we ran around Riverside Park and we checked out a cool Bookstore in the heart of town. It was early on a Saturday morning, but there was definitely a lot activity going on down there.
Afterwards, we took a drive to the highest point in the city to look at the Thomas Hill water tower. It was built in 1897 and has an observation deck at the top from where, apparently on a clear day, you can see both the ocean to the South and Mount Katahdin to the North. It’s only open a few times a year, so we’ll have to keep an eye on that for future visits.
Once Jo finished her shopping we all met up at the movie theater to watch The Good Dinosaur. After the show we did a little browsing at Hobby Lobby and, at least for me and Ethan, spent some time making fun of the goofy stuff they had for sale. We had a late (and loud) lunch at Buffalo Wild Wings and then settled in for the 45 minute drive back to Ellsworth. All in all a good trip to the “Queen City of the East”.
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| Paul Bunyan |
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| Skull-ator |
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| Cool Windows |
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| Hobby Lobby Fun |
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| Water Tower Top |
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| Stephen King's front gate |
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| Fun's Out, Guns Out |
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| Sister City Sculpture |
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