Dead Mom Scavenger Hunt
Welcome to Dead Mom Scavenger Hunt where cousins Christmas and Cara tick off the wild, sometimes ridiculous wishes from the bucket list of the late, great Bonnie—Christmas's mom and Cara's bonus mom. Every episode, we unpack grief and life’s absurdities through belly laughs, bizarre encounters, and the kind of soul-searching that only happens when you're half a bottle deep into questionable wine, munching on crackers and what-the-hell-is-this cheese. It's not just about where we go, but the oddballs we meet, the unbelievable stories we gather, and the existential crises we tackle together. Strap in and hold on —Bonnie's list isn’t going to complete itself, and things are about to get hilariously out of hand!
Dead Mom Scavenger Hunt
Sending Our Trauma on a Quaint Seaside Vacation (Jessica Fletcher is Our Travel Agent Now)
We've decided to visit Maine for our next scavenger hunt adventure instead of our original plans for London or Italy. Neither of us has ever been to Maine, but we're excited for lobster rolls, amazing chowder, and exploring destinations like Portland and Ogunquit.
• Using an Alaska credit card companion fare to travel as far as possible while staying in the U.S.
• Planning the trip for late October/early November
• Excited about the connection to "Murder She Wrote" which was set in fictional Cabot Cove, Maine
• Looking forward to trying authentic lobster rolls and comparing them to our limited previous experiences
• Already debating chowder preferences - not too many potatoes, plenty of clams, good balance of vegetables
• Interested in visiting Ogunquit, known as an LGBTQ+ friendly destination
• Seeking recommendations for weird roadside attractions and must-visit spots
If you have any tips about great places to visit in Maine, please let us know!
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Speaker 1:From the back porch Yep Deck the back deck. Sounds like the back dick.
Speaker 2:Y'all take that deck, god damn.
Speaker 1:Exciting news. People. We have just made a decision. I guess we kind of made it last night. We just made a decision. I guess we kind of made it last night we did About where to go for our next scavenger hunt list.
Speaker 2:Where our next scavenger hunt location will be taken. Yes, yes, as you know, london was kind of next on the list and Italy, but but this is not the year for taken. Yes, yes, as you know, london was kind of next on the list and Italy, but but this is not the year for that. No, halfway through 2025 already. Really, we are, yeah, good, and you have a big birthday coming up in November that you probably want to do some traveling for. Probably not, but whatever it's just financially and logistically. This is not the year for London. Yes, correct.
Speaker 1:However, it is the year On the count of three One, two, three. Maine we're coming to Maine. We're going literally as far as we could go while staying in the same country. Maybe that doesn't make sense. Why Maine, you might ask? Well, I'll tell you a couple of reasons. Number one I have an Alaska credit card companion fare that needs to be used and it's basically as far as we can go, except for Costa Rica, which I was just out in January and you've been to several times. Yeah, we're both good on Costa Rica for the moment. Hawaii we've done Hawaii a lot.
Speaker 2:Plus, I just think it's fun to go places. We've never.
Speaker 1:I've never been. I've never been to Maine. Always wanted to go Me too. So fun dovetail. So one of mom's favorite shows was Murder she Wrote, which is actually filmed near where I live in the town of Mendocino actually filmed near where I live in the town of Mendocino. That was the place that was depicted as being Cabot Cove, maine. So we're actually going to Maine, which is where the show is supposed to take place To the real Maine.
Speaker 2:We thought Vermont maybe. We were at first kind of like, well, what's cool in the fall? Because this is probably going to be closer to like late October, early November before we finally get this trip on the road. Yeah, and Vermont is really cool. I would love to go to Vermont, we'll go to Vermont.
Speaker 1:We'll go to Vermont, but I mean the lobster rolls. I had you at lobster roll, didn't I? You had me at lobster roll. I had you at lobster roll. I also have one of my best friends I love you who has been amazing at giving us so many tips and tricks of where to eat and where to stay. There's also a town called Ogunquin, maine, that is one of the gay meccas Sorry, I shouldn't say one of the LGBTQIA plus meccas and I love a queer travel moment so we're open to suggestion.
Speaker 2:Yes, where should we go? What should we do? I mean, kanoa kind of gave us, he gave us a lot of information.
Speaker 1:Yes, thank you so much and also we would love to hear from any of you if you have places you think we should go in maine, places that are amazing, fun, weird roadside attractions, like the world's biggest ball of yarn, or we should look up like weird roadside attractions and I'm gonna do a whole shitload of deep dive.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I'm gonna go down the rabbit hole on this, for sure, now that we've decided, yeah, where we're going. But it's exciting to have a trip, yes, like kind of on the horizon, and we have to buy the plane ticket before the sixth, which ends in like four days. Well, we should probably we'll look at it, we'll look at it. Look at that. Yeah, I will need to double check with Jeremy that it's cool.
Speaker 1:Sure, sure, sure, sure, sure, yeah All the things.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I do want to consider the others in my life. Can they watch the dog? Will they watch?
Speaker 1:the dog. Yeah, I kind of am lucky enough to have a little bit of a freebie because Hammer's going on this big golf trip to Hawaii. Oh yeah, just take my sister and go to Maine. Yeah, yeah.
Speaker 2:So cheers to us and Jeremy's trying to get a trip together later this summer for Colorado, maybe for a dirt bike trip.
Speaker 1:So I might be due Not sponsored by Boochcraft. Not at all, Boochcraft. If you would like to sponsor us, that'd be fine. We are curious, though, how you fill them so full. Yeah, how does it get fuller than it seems?
Speaker 2:You open it and it has a bubble. There's more volume in there than should be allowed. With it closed. Yes, I don't get it.
Speaker 1:Witchcraft, it's witchcraft. Witchcraft, yeah, it's witchcraft. Anyways, we're very excited about Maine.
Speaker 2:We're going to eat so many lobster rolls Chowder. I had the best chowder of my life that I've ever had when we were in Oregon. Yeah, up in Cannon Beach and I am willing to have some competition.
Speaker 1:Well, kainoa threw out a place that was his favorite chowder place in Portland Maine and some other places that have a good chowder in Portland Maine and some other places that have a good chowder. We have a place out here that I should take you that. Everyone says that it's their favorite chowder. Everyone goes ape shit over it. I think it's good, but my thing is I feel like it has way too many potatoes.
Speaker 2:I don't want too many potatoes in my chowder. I love potatoes in my chowder.
Speaker 1:I like some, but I don't want it to. I want it to be a clam chowder with maybe one or two potatoes. I don't want a potato soup with some clams in it.
Speaker 2:I also really want the carrot and the celeries to be present.
Speaker 1:I'm fine with a little bit. I want clams, baby clams Also. Sometimes they get real aggressive with the white pepper, which I like. White pepper, I love white pepper, yeah, obviously we have a lot of opinions already.
Speaker 2:This is just a quick one just to let everybody know that we're planning on this trip to Maine and we're open to welcoming suggestions.
Speaker 1:We're putting out requests, requests for info, requests for info, requests for hot tips, hot takes, um, we're putting out. Yeah, I know there's different views on lobster rolls too. A lot of differing views on, like what vessel it should be on. Should it have just butter? Should it have mayo?
Speaker 2:Well, so the only lobster roll I've ever had was in Alaska, with you at that black food truck that we went to.
Speaker 1:Really good.
Speaker 2:I don't remember the name of it, but I remember we shared one and I was so sad.
Speaker 1:I'm still sad that we didn't get our own, that I couldn't get my own, yeah, not that I don't want to share with you, but I like that. You called it a black food truck. Well, the food truck was black, oh, but I think it was also it was painted black, but I think it was also black owned and operated. Oh, I didn't notice.
Speaker 2:Well, yeah, of course I'm going to support. The food truck itself was painted black, and all the other food trucks. It stood out from the other food trucks around it.
Speaker 1:It is black and also BIPOC owned and operated. Yes, and it was so good. It was really good. Yeah, I love a lobster roll. I still like crab, probably better than lobster, but that might change.
Speaker 2:I've never been to Maine, which is supposed to be like the lobster like, even when we went to, yeah, went to lobster alley or whatever. It was crab alley, yeah, and we got that tiny little like. We got a tiny little sample of lobster bisque and, yeah, a little cup of lobster and it's, and then a leg this big rich.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I also. I really I don't like it when they put lobster in too many things. Someone did where was I? Maybe it was at the fair. It was a lobster corn dog and I think that is a bridge too far.
Speaker 2:It's a bridge too far. Meat inside of the corn meal.
Speaker 1:Yeah, it's a bridge too far. Even a lobster mac and cheese? I'm like I love mac and cheese but I don't think, sorry, there's a bridge too far. Even a lobster mac and cheese? I'm like I love mac and cheese but I don't think, sorry, there's a fly. I don't know that. I need it in my mac and cheese. Yeah, but I am willing to try all these things. In Maine, mac and cheese is a lot just by itself and we're going to have to get used to. We're going to have to not call it lobster what do they call it? We're going to have to not call it lobster?
Speaker 1:What do they call it Lobster? Lobster, yeah, it's like a Boston kind of a thing. Oh, a lobsterman, oh, it's going to smell so good. It's going to be like oceany and seafood-y and salty like us.
Speaker 2:Well, that's it. Yes, we're going to Maine. Yay, bye, bye, love you guys.
