Final Day!

Today, we woke up at 7:30 AM and enjoyed another great breakfast of cereal, waffles, juice, egg sandwiches, and yogurt.  Then we got in the car and headed toward Scarborough Downs Harness Racetrack.  I had just seen a small advertisement on the Maine map and thought it sounded good.  So we found it and some horses were warming up and practicing!  I was so amazed; it was such a cool experience.  I had never seen harness racing before, but I did know that Standardbred horses are used, and the racing is called pacing.  Pacing is a long, running trot, and it sounds really neat -- quick, loud thumps as each hoof hits the ground.  They have a large indoor grandstand and a beautiful track in a lovely setting.  Apparently, they were going to have races later in the day; unfortunately, we couldn't stay, but that would have been exciting!

We then proceeded onward to the Len Libby Chocolate Store (in Scarborough), home of Lenny, the world's largest chocolate moose.  We enjoyed a 15-minute video showing the process of making Lenny.  We also saw Lenny (in his natural habitat) with a mama bear and two little cubs made out of dark chocolate.  Lenny is made out of milk chocolate, and they even sell mini-Lennys.  Matthew and I got one to share, plus some chocolate-covered blueberries.

Finally, we began the drive back to Albany, New York, stopping for lunch at Subway...and to check out a couple of other ski areas.  We arrived in Albany around 6:30, enjoyed a very-filling dinner at the Wolf Road Diner, and turned our rental car in.  Tomorrow, our flight leaves at 9:05 AM, so this is officially the end of our northeastern adventure, although I will blog tomorrow evening.  Enjoy the pictures of our final day!

Two horses exercise at Scarborough Downs.

This horse is pacing.

Here I am with Lenny.  He is 1,700 pounds of milk chocolate.  The dark chocolate mama bear is beside him.

Killington Ski Area; I love how the chairlift disappears into the cloud.

~Anna~