"From Freeport, Flanders had driven the Bootmobile to Portland, Maine, to begin a day of 'what's called 'surprise and delights...‘ This involves driving from Maine down to Revere Beach in Massachusetts and back - a 200-mile round trip - and stopping along the route to dole out free branded trinkets and, at certain spots, free meals."
"Like the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile and Lindt's Chocolate Gold Bunny Car, L.L. Bean's promotional vehicle takes the shape of what the company considers its signature product: a duck boot - or Maine Hunting Shoe, as L.L. Bean calls it. At 13 feet high and 20 feet long, the Bootmobile..."
"There are three Bootmobiles in the company's U.S. fleet; a fourth is in development. Boot 1 was built on the frame of a Ford F-250. Boot 2 used a converted GMC Sierra. Flanders was driving Boot 3, a customized Chevrolet Silverado that is used the most because it can tow a trailer full of merchandise."
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