Freeport was originally settled about 1700. Here at the head of the Harraseeket River, this small town was where a man named Leon Leonwood Bean decided that he could design a better hunting boot. With a $400 loan, the Bean Boot was created here in the early 1900s and started the L.L. Bean empire on Main Street in Freeport. We spent an afternoon hiking at Wolf’s Neck Woods State Park where there are some beautiful views of the Atlantic and the Harraseeket River. At a the nearby town of Bath, we found the site of the first sailing ship built in Maine. Today, volunteers are constructing a replica of the Virginia with the projected launch date of June 2022. And before we left, we enjoyed our first Maine Lobster – quite a treat.