Road trip 2013 - searching for what makes Maine the way life should be

Log, Monday night:

• Hit Main St after granolla bar and coffee in my motel room
• Went into a book store.  Stuffed with books everywhere (really).  The owner was the only one there.  Her name is Carole Heinlein.  Interesting woman.  Didn't want to be interviewed.  Not enough good to say about Maine.  Probably will move out of the state again at some point.  From Key West.  BUT, she did send me to a couple people who turned out to be great interviews.
• The first was Diane.  VP at Bank of Maine in Calais.  Walked into the bank, asked the teller if there was a Diane there.  They said she's in the back.  They rang her phone, told her Scott was here to talk to her and that Carole had sent me.  She said "send him in"! 
• The second was Vicki at the visitor center.  She was very careful to not mix work with business, and did not want her photo taken.  But she gave me a great interview.  Vicki then introduced me to Julie who is Director of the Calais Chamber of Commerce.  Super friendly and gave me the interview and photo.
• Satisfied with Calais, I headed to East Port.  Great town.  First met Chris, the owner of a boat supply and hardware store.  He got busy as soon as I introduced myself, so I told him I would be back.
• Then went into little consignment shop and visitor center.  Very nice woman there told me about the tides, island and Roosevelts idea for harnessing the tides for power.  Then she mentioned a real power generator went in recently and told me the company was right behind her store, and I should go watch the video.  I met Bob, who was busy but told me to come back in 15 minutes.
• In the 15 minutes, I wandered into a gallery and a woman was behind the desk painting.  Her name was Cynthia, and she gave me a nice interview and photo of her painting.
• Went back to ORPC and listened to Bob tell me all about hydro keneticks for about 45 minutes.  And I saw the video.  This guy was great to spend so much time with me.  But then he didn't want to be interviewed, although was great about letting me take a couple photos.  He recommended aI  call Susie Krist to get an interview!  She is PR for ORPC.  Anyway, through Bob's message about this hydro power technology and project, I learned something about Maine that I think I can include with his photo.  I learned that it was really a community effort, with community buy in, based on relationships and trust, built over time.  ORPC truly tood a stakeholder approach to this project.  And it has been a big success.
• Then went back to Chris and I got a great interview and picture from him finally!
• Then down to Machias.  Not very much luck for interviews here, but did get kind of a fun one from a Zumba instructor as she was setting up for her class!
• The dinner at Blue Bird, then here and now!