One more toy plane ride and then I'm home

Of course I had to fly Cape Air - what I now not so affectionately call the Toy Plane Airline - from Augusta to Boston before catching a connecting flight to Seattle.

Interesting enough, due to possible weather situations, Cape Air called me and asked if I could take an earlier flight in hopes of avoiding bad weather in both Augusta and Boston. Uh, yeah!! I had to check out of Glenmoor by 11:00, and the flight wasn't until 2:30 pm, so I decided to drive to Augusta early and maybe see the capital building. I had a REALLY hard time saying goodbye to the coast. Really.

This is my last view of the beautiful coast before heading inland.

It's right at the end of the Glenmoor By the Sea property.

Augusta State Capital. Nice building; lots of cool displays, like the Civil War flags.

View from the porch on the 3rd floor.

I had about 30 minutes before heading over the hill to the airport, and thinking that because it's such an incredibly small airport, I wouldn't need to be there more than an hour before, and that would still give me time to return my rental car, I decided to visit the museum next to the Capital Building.

I thought the displays were very interesting, although I didn't even see half of the museum and I didn't have time to read everything.

Apparently making butter has been a big deal in Maine for a long time.

Never knew there was a company in Maine that made pianos.

Now, that's a snow shovel!

I like this map because it shows all the places I've been on this trip - 

Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, cutting a corner of New Brunswick, and Maine.

Hull fragment from the shipwrecked St. Mary.

A true "icebox"

Harvesting ice

So, I'm sitting at the teeny, tiny airport watching these clouds come in as the TSA is totally and completely rummaging through my suitcase - including my dirty underwear, taking out all my souvenirs and unwrapping the fragile ones, and literally "wanding" everything. I mentioned to one of the agents that I had never been through security that was so intense, especially since I had TSA Pre-Check, and she explained that it was because they are so small they have time to do it and because new guidelines are coming out and they are following them now. My goodness, that kind of security will make lines a lot longer and a lot slower.

Finally got on the toy plane with the most unfriendly pilot in the world, and got off the ground. Again, it's cool to be able to see so much below when you're on such a small plane, including two additional very remote lighthouses. It was a bumpier ride than my first one, and by the time we landed I was shaking. I'm not sure I'll do that again!