Maine to New York

Rising Tide
Great Food

Well I'm back.  Tuesday Lynne and Rick headed out early, they are heading up the coast to see some sites and shop at some of the quaint little town.  Brad and I stayed behind and got in another 7 mile bike ride and 2 load of laundry done.  Then cleaned up and headed out for lunch.  We found the great place on the water, a little  shack with great food, I had the crab roll and Brad had scallops roll.  After lunch we rode around for a while, found Cabela's (imagine that), a cheese shop, coffee shop and a few other stops along the way.  We had dinner at the campsite.  Brad had gotten firewood and we just did hot dogs over that.  We were still full from a late lunch, we couldn't even eat s'mores.

George H. W. Bush's Church
in Kennebunkport

Wed. it is supposed to rain all day, so we had breakfast in and decided to go out for lunch and head down the road to the Kittery Trading Post.  We did a leasurely drive down routes 9/1, stopping at a few small towns on the way, taking pictures and having lunch at the Crab Shack in Kennebunkport, not bad, but for the write ups, I expected more.  Back on the road to the Kittery Trading Post, but first we stopped at Yankee Candles for their 'conceal' candles, the coffee shop and then to the Trading Post I did end up getting a rain jacket, but nothing much purchased here.  We headed back to camp and when we got there Brad and Rick decided they were hungry.  They headed down to Ken's to get a meal or two, bringing them back so Lynne and I could do a little picking.  We really weren't hungry, and that pushed us over the edge, no s'mores or campfire pies again tonight.

Thursday, it did rain all day.  We managed to get in a 9 mile bike ride and then back at camp we had Bellini's with cheese and crackers for our lunch time snack.  Not much to do, Lynne and Rick headed back up to L.L. Beans, while I did a load of laundry and Brad went in search of a Credit Union.  He got back, picked me up, then off to look at a RV that was for sale....nothing to exciting.  We then had an early dinner at Baileys, good food, then headed back for another campfire and relaxing evening.




Spring Point Ledge Light House

Friday, our last day and big plans.  We headed up to South Portland for a bike ride to a "Bug Light House", 5.5 miles one way...not bad.  Well then off to the museum and another Light House 'Spring Point Ledge Light House'. The lady at the museum has done the same bike ride we are on, so she gave us the names of a few places to stop for lunch on our way back.  We stopped at a place called 'Docks' on our way back and once again ate too much good food (so much for the exercise).  We then headed back to the cars, and decided we are going to the Portland Head Light House.  It is famous, the most photo graphed, drawn and written about light house in the world.  Well needless to say, we were not disappointed.  It was beautiful and the cliff side that it sits on was breathtaking.  We walked around there and snapped a bunch of pictures, then Brad and I headed back to camp and Lynne and Rick headed out  for iced coffee.  We all started packing up, and just in time.  The rain set in, and continued all night.  We ended up going back to 'Ken's' for dinner and finished the week off with Lobster.  It was a great meal, but sad night, being our last night in Maine.  We all had to agree on one thing, as much as we like North Carolina, Maine does have the best seafood (sorry NC). 

Brad and I are now in NY and Lynne and Rick are back in PA.  All in all, it was a great week, with great food and friends.

Diane and Brad

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I have tried to attach a photo album of our trip for those who are interested in viewing.  Please let me know if you can or can not view it.  Thanks, Diane