CANDLEPIN BOWLING IN SCARBOROUGH, MAINE

Candlepins are 15-3/4 inches tall

Candlepin bowling isn't available in California but it's more popular than ten-pin bowling in parts of New England and Canada. It doesn't require as much physical exertion as ten-pin bowling but getting high scores is much more difficult.

No finger holes required.

As in duckpin bowling, the ball is light and a little bigger than a softball. The maximum weight allowed for a ball is 2 lb 7 oz which is slightly less than the weight of a candlepin (2 lb 8 oz). You can see how it would be much easier for small children and seniors to participate in this game. Compare rolling a ball a little under three pounds to a big one weighing eight to sixteen pounds. One can carry three bowling balls and shoes in a bag the size of a purse and it would weigh only about twelve pounds. Think of that the next time you pull your four-ball roller weighing 60+ pounds out of the trunk.

SANFORD, MAINE

Shannon likes Dunkin' Donuts

This was a brief rest stop on our way from Massachusetts to Kennebunkport, Maine. We passed by numerous Dunkin' Donuts restaurants on the trip and Shannon asked us to stop at one. She sees their ads on TV a lot but the Dunkin' Donuts chain doesn't operate in California.

She had a grilled cheese sandwich and some kind of flavored coffee drink. She reports that both were very good and she would rather have Dunkin' Donuts at home than Starbucks.

There were two interesting buildings across the street so I snapped a few photos before we got back on the road.

A building on Main Street in Sanford, Maine

The building directly across the street from Dunkin' Donuts