Maine's Blue Ribbon Classic: The Fryeburg Fair
Having finished driving the scenic loop that I had planned through Bethel and Rangeley by mid-afternoon on Thursday when the sun finally decided to join us, Jamie, my mom, and I were left with quite a bit of time to find something else to do before heading back to The Chapman Inn for the night. Knowing that Jamie was probably getting pretty close to being bored to tears spending hours looking at trees and leaves and rocks with the occasional covered bridge thrown in for good measure, I thought she might like to do something a little more fun and suggested a drive down Route 5 to the town of Fryeburg where we could check out the legendary Fryeburg Fair. I'd read a bit about the fair before our trip, heard some more about it on the train through Crawford Notch, and really wanted to see it for myself. Fryeburg is located about 36 miles south of Bethel in what was originally the wilderness territory of the Province of Massachusetts Bay and a major Abenaki Indian village...