John's Ice Cream: Makes Belfast to Augusta bearable

Every year on our long trip back to Deer Isle, we while away the time talking about what we are looking forward to seeing and doing. After the Kittery bridge and then the turn off I 95 towards Belfast, we start looking for John's Ice Cream. It's a challenge to remember exactly where John's shows up on that seemingly endless drive, but it is always there, in Liberty (blink and you will miss it, though).

Well, John's ice cream is something else. The butterfat must be sky high, but who cares when you need a break? Here are some of John's standard flavors:  Vanilla, Chocolate, Strawberry Rhubarb, Coffee, Pistachio, Coconut, Raspberries N' Cream, Quadruple Chocolate, Mocha Chip, Chocolate Chip, Cookies N' Cream, Peanut Butter Crunch, Chocolate Coconut Almond, Chocolate Raspberry, Pumpkin and Ginger. Drew loves chocolate orange peel. Seems to me there's usually Grape Nut that I have a hard time resisting.

It appears that John has a mobile stand that shows up at festivals and such. Watch out for it. There's also a John's store front in Belfast, just up the street from Chase's Daily. At least there was last year.

This wonderful sign was in front of John's a year or two and I had the presence of mind to snap a photo with my trusty iphone. "Maine" captured succinctly in four words.