Sending Our Trauma on a Quaint Seaside Vacation (Jessica Fletcher is Our Travel Agent Now)

We've decided to visit Maine for our next scavenger hunt adventure instead of our original plans for London or Italy. Neither of us has ever been to Maine, but we're excited for lobster rolls, amazing chowder, and exploring destinations like Portland and Ogunquit.

• Using an Alaska credit card companion fare to travel as far as possible while staying in the U.S.
• Planning the trip for late October/early November
• Excited about the connection to "Murder She Wrote" which was set in fictional Cabot Cove, Maine
• Looking forward to trying authentic lobster rolls and comparing them to our limited previous experiences
• Already debating chowder preferences - not too many potatoes, plenty of clams, good balance of vegetables
• Interested in visiting Ogunquit, known as an LGBTQ+ friendly destination
• Seeking recommendations for weird roadside attractions and must-visit spots

If you have any tips about great places to visit in Maine, please let us know!

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Yeah, are we recording?
Yep All right Dead MomScavenger Hunt coming to you
from outdoors.

Speaker 2 (00:10):
The back deck.

Speaker 1 (00:11):
From the back porch Yep Deck the back deck.
Sounds like the back dick.

Speaker 2 (00:16):
Y'all take that deck, god damn.

Speaker 1 (00:21):
Exciting news.
People.
We have just made a decision.
I guess we kind of made it lastnight.
We just made a decision.
I guess we kind of made it lastnight we did About where to go
for our next scavenger hunt list.

Speaker 2 (00:38):
Where our next scavenger hunt location will be
taken.
Yes, yes, as you know, londonwas kind of next on the list and
Italy, but but this is not theyear for taken.
Yes, yes, as you know, londonwas kind of next on the list and
Italy, but but this is not theyear for that.
No, halfway through 2025already.
Really, we are, yeah, good, andyou have a big birthday coming
up in November that you probablywant to do some traveling for.
Probably not, but whatever it'sjust financially and

(01:00):
logistically.
This is not the year for London.
Yes, correct.

Speaker 1 (01:03):
However, it is the year On the count of three One,
two, three.
Maine we're coming to Maine.
We're going literally as far aswe could go while staying in
the same country.
Maybe that doesn't make sense.
Why Maine, you might ask?
Well, I'll tell you a couple ofreasons.

(01:24):
Number one I have an Alaskacredit card companion fare that
needs to be used and it'sbasically as far as we can go,
except for Costa Rica, which Iwas just out in January and
you've been to several times.
Yeah, we're both good on CostaRica for the moment.
Hawaii we've done Hawaii a lot.

Speaker 2 (01:46):
Plus, I just think it's fun to go places.
We've never.

Speaker 1 (01:49):
I've never been.
I've never been to Maine.
Always wanted to go Me too.
So fun dovetail.
So one of mom's favorite showswas Murder she Wrote, which is
actually filmed near where Ilive in the town of Mendocino
actually filmed near where Ilive in the town of Mendocino.
That was the place that wasdepicted as being Cabot Cove,

(02:09):
maine.
So we're actually going toMaine, which is where the show
is supposed to take place To thereal Maine.

Speaker 2 (02:16):
We thought Vermont maybe.
We were at first kind of like,well, what's cool in the fall?
Because this is probably goingto be closer to like late
October, early November beforewe finally get this trip on the
road.
Yeah, and Vermont is reallycool.
I would love to go to Vermont,we'll go to Vermont.

Speaker 1 (02:30):
We'll go to Vermont, but I mean the lobster rolls.
I had you at lobster roll,didn't I?
You had me at lobster roll.
I had you at lobster roll.
I also have one of my bestfriends I love you who has been
amazing at giving us so manytips and tricks of where to eat
and where to stay.
There's also a town calledOgunquin, maine, that is one of

(02:54):
the gay meccas Sorry, Ishouldn't say one of the LGBTQIA
plus meccas and I love a queertravel moment so we're open to
suggestion.

Speaker 2 (03:07):
Yes, where should we go?
What should we do?
I mean, kanoa kind of gave us,he gave us a lot of information.

Speaker 1 (03:12):
Yes, thank you so much and also we would love to
hear from any of you if you haveplaces you think we should go
in maine, places that areamazing, fun, weird roadside
attractions, like the world'sbiggest ball of yarn, or we
should look up like weirdroadside attractions and I'm
gonna do a whole shitload ofdeep dive.

Speaker 2 (03:30):
Yeah, I'm gonna go down the rabbit hole on this,
for sure, now that we've decided, yeah, where we're going.
But it's exciting to have atrip, yes, like kind of on the
horizon, and we have to buy theplane ticket before the sixth,
which ends in like four days.
Well, we should probably we'lllook at it, we'll look at it.
Look at that.
Yeah, I will need to doublecheck with Jeremy that it's cool
.

Speaker 1 (03:47):
Sure, sure, sure, sure, sure, yeah All the things.

Speaker 2 (03:49):
Yeah, I do want to consider the others in my life.
Can they watch the dog?
Will they watch?

Speaker 1 (03:53):
the dog.
Yeah, I kind of am lucky enoughto have a little bit of a
freebie because Hammer's goingon this big golf trip to Hawaii.
Oh yeah, just take my sisterand go to Maine.
Yeah, yeah.

Speaker 2 (04:09):
So cheers to us and Jeremy's trying to get a trip
together later this summer forColorado, maybe for a dirt bike
trip.

Speaker 1 (04:16):
So I might be due Not sponsored by Boochcraft.
Not at all, Boochcraft.
If you would like to sponsor us, that'd be fine.
We are curious, though, how youfill them so full.
Yeah, how does it get fullerthan it seems?

Speaker 2 (04:30):
You open it and it has a bubble.
There's more volume in therethan should be allowed.
With it closed.
Yes, I don't get it.

Speaker 1 (04:37):
Witchcraft, it's witchcraft.
Witchcraft, yeah, it'switchcraft.
Anyways, we're very excitedabout Maine.

Speaker 2 (04:48):
We're going to eat so many lobster rolls Chowder.
I had the best chowder of mylife that I've ever had when we
were in Oregon.
Yeah, up in Cannon Beach and Iam willing to have some
competition.

Speaker 1 (05:00):
Well, kainoa threw out a place that was his
favorite chowder place inPortland Maine and some other
places that have a good chowderin Portland Maine and some other
places that have a good chowder.
We have a place out here that Ishould take you that.
Everyone says that it's theirfavorite chowder.
Everyone goes ape shit over it.
I think it's good, but my thingis I feel like it has way too

(05:25):
many potatoes.

Speaker 2 (05:27):
I don't want too many potatoes in my chowder.
I love potatoes in my chowder.

Speaker 1 (05:30):
I like some, but I don't want it to.
I want it to be a clam chowderwith maybe one or two potatoes.
I don't want a potato soup withsome clams in it.

Speaker 2 (05:39):
I also really want the carrot and the celeries to
be present.

Speaker 1 (05:42):
I'm fine with a little bit.
I want clams, baby clams Also.
Sometimes they get realaggressive with the white pepper
, which I like.
White pepper, I love whitepepper, yeah, obviously we have
a lot of opinions already.

Speaker 2 (06:07):
This is just a quick one just to let everybody know
that we're planning on this tripto Maine and we're open to
welcoming suggestions.

Speaker 1 (06:09):
We're putting out requests, requests for info,
requests for info, requests forhot tips, hot takes, um, we're
putting out.
Yeah, I know there's differentviews on lobster rolls too.
A lot of differing views on,like what vessel it should be on
.
Should it have just butter?
Should it have mayo?

Speaker 2 (06:28):
Well, so the only lobster roll I've ever had was
in Alaska, with you at thatblack food truck that we went to
.

Speaker 1 (06:34):
Really good.

Speaker 2 (06:35):
I don't remember the name of it, but I remember we
shared one and I was so sad.

Speaker 1 (06:39):
I'm still sad that we didn't get our own, that I
couldn't get my own, yeah, notthat I don't want to share with
you, but I like that.
You called it a black foodtruck.
Well, the food truck was black,oh, but I think it was also it
was painted black, but I thinkit was also black owned and
operated.
Oh, I didn't notice.

Speaker 2 (06:53):
Well, yeah, of course I'm going to support.
The food truck itself waspainted black, and all the other
food trucks.
It stood out from the otherfood trucks around it.

Speaker 1 (07:03):
It is black and also BIPOC owned and operated.
Yes, and it was so good.
It was really good.
Yeah, I love a lobster roll.
I still like crab, probablybetter than lobster, but that
might change.

Speaker 2 (07:23):
I've never been to Maine, which is supposed to be
like the lobster like, even whenwe went to, yeah, went to
lobster alley or whatever.
It was crab alley, yeah, and wegot that tiny little like.
We got a tiny little sample oflobster bisque and, yeah, a
little cup of lobster and it's,and then a leg this big rich.

Speaker 1 (07:36):
Yeah, I also.
I really I don't like it whenthey put lobster in too many
things.
Someone did where was I?
Maybe it was at the fair.
It was a lobster corn dog and Ithink that is a bridge too far.

Speaker 2 (07:51):
It's a bridge too far .
Meat inside of the corn meal.

Speaker 1 (07:55):
Yeah, it's a bridge too far.
Even a lobster mac and cheese?
I'm like I love mac and cheesebut I don't think, sorry,
there's a bridge too far.
Even a lobster mac and cheese?
I'm like I love mac and cheesebut I don't think, sorry,
there's a fly.
I don't know that.
I need it in my mac and cheese.
Yeah, but I am willing to tryall these things.
In Maine, mac and cheese is alot just by itself and we're
going to have to get used to.
We're going to have to not callit lobster what do they call it

(08:16):
?
We're going to have to not callit lobster?
What do they call it Lobster?
Lobster, yeah, it's like aBoston kind of a thing.
Oh, a lobsterman, oh, it'sgoing to smell so good.
It's going to be like oceanyand seafood-y and salty like us.

Speaker 2 (08:33):
Well, that's it.
Yes, we're going to Maine.
Yay, bye, bye, love you guys.