"Best 4th in the North!"
-The claim of every 4th of July celebrating community that thinks it's "north"
I can't begin to tell you about the Jonesport's Fourth of July celebration and World's Fastest Lobster Boat Races without sharing. Community shines through. This was 4th of July 2005. To get you in the spirit of the day:
Steve and Dad in lawn chairs on the bridge to Beal's Island waiting for the fog to clear and the lobster boat races to commence. Steve and I got up early and went to the blueberry pancake breakfast in the... town hall? Grange Hall? Congo Church? Something like that. (You can see the boats on the water below.)
Maine Shriners don't drive little cars. They drive little lobster boats and little big rigs (logging), of course.
If I remember correctly, there was some kind of Miss Tall Barney's contest. Tall Barney was a legendary fisherman - probably a Beal like most of the community - and the namesake for the local diner/fish house.
Throwing candy in the parade. This little guy had quite an arm.
Maine coast.
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