It’s been many a year since AONE has run an overnight motor tour, and the time is ripe! Maine resident Mike Torrusio has put together a weekend for us that we won’t soon forget. This June, we will be hitting the high and low roads of Maine for a two-day jaunt that will not only take us along Maine’s wonderful, rocky seacoast (replete with ocean views, lighthouses, and small lobster and seafood shacks), but will also scoot us along some of mid-Maine’s twisting, turning, watch-out-for-that-cow back trails. To experience both of these wonders requires more than a day, which is why we are hosting a two-day extravaganza filled with winding roads, photographic vistas, shopping repasts, and more down-shifting in one weekend than you’d do in a month.

The details aren’t finalized yet, but it’ll go something like this: We will start off with a meet-and-greet rendezvous on Saturday at 10am near Old Orchard Beach at a seafood joint for brunch. After that, it’s kick tires and light fires as we whip around Route 77 and Shore Road to the Portland Headlight—a great spot for gift shopping and photography (not to mention a pit stop). We’ll avoid Portland itself, saving it for some other time, and whiz around Scarborough, and then northward through North Pownal, Lisbon Falls, and into Richmond for a late lunch at a place called the Railway Cafe.

From there, we will wind our way through the mid-coast back roads, ending the day at an inn in either Wiscasset or Damariscotta, where we will feast upon the best culinary treats that Maine has to offer.

After spending a restful night, we will start the second day after breakfast by wandering southwest through Bath (with maybe a tourist stop), and then finding Route 24 straight to Bailey Island for a late lobster lunch on the water. Filled to the gills with those red crustaceans (or scallops, clams, mussels, hake, haddock, oysters, or what-have-you), we will cull the seaweed-strewn rocky coast for sea glass, or just hang out at the waterside, before turning the key and pointing south to head home.

Sounds terrific? We’re not asking for an iron-clad commitment from you yet, but we are asking you to indicate your interest in this event before April 15th by contacting Mike at miket@maine.rr.com or 207-252-5787. This will allow him to size up the level of interest and make appropriate arrangements for accommodations and dining.

Although there is never a wrong time to visit Maine, June is warm enough for top-down driving but still cool enough to keep the non-Alfisti off the roads. There’s more—much more—travel fun and driving excitement in this two-day wind-about than we just described. Join in on the fun—contact Mike
now!

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