Greetings from Maine....

The Girlies and I stole away a few moments on our recent trip to Maine to do a little sight seeing and a few strolls down memory lane...

My diabolical plans were to subject you my dear bloggy friends to all of the 398 photos I took on this trip... 

Then I thought better of it... you sweet, sweet friends have stood by me during the last two weeks and it seemed wrong... so I will just show you a few trip highlights now... and maybe more later...

Our first night there my mom was exhausted upon her arrival from the hospital, as were we from traveling, so we tucked my mom in and stole my dad away to the diner around the corner...

This is what I ordered...

Fried Maine Shrimp... Fried Maine Scallops... Fried Haddock...

and yes, French Fries...

A happy heart attack on a plate...

YUM...

Here is Sparky happy to eat he giant plate of fried Maine shrimp...

Maine shrimp are different then others... they are tiny... often referred to as "popcorn shrimp" and sweet... I highly recommend you jump on a plane to Maine... head right to the Rockport Diner on Rte. 90 in Rockport and order a Shrimp plate right away!

Cate thought her Chicken Broccoli Alfredo was photo worthy too...

(Poor girl doesn't like seafood... notice her unhappy demeanor... poor, sad, seafood hater....)

LOL

Sparky wanted to introduce you to the Penobscot Bay...

There is this little park down at the Rockland Public landing that has a bunch of anchors and buoys for you to check out up close and personal... they have loved this spot since they were little...

Bell Buoy

While we were there we also go to catch up with their former teacher... They went to a small private school there for a year and had this awesome teacher... We got a chance to see him and meet his two adorable kiddos...

We met up at the Cedarworks Factory Store in Rockport...

If you have kiddos look them up...

They cost a lot more then those kits at Lowes & Home Depot, but their play sets are totally worth the money and will still be in great shape for your grand kids to use!

(No, I wasn't compensated in any way for that plug... I just really love their play sets!)

Next stop Camden Public Landing...

 a few days later...

We went downtown for some overpriced seafood (making us miss the Rockport Diner) and in search of sweatshirts... because we were cold... really, really cold....

See.. cold... 45 degrees by the water is cold.... brrrrr...

Free Maine travel tip...

Do not eat at any restaurant that over looks the harbor and does not have any cars in the parking lot with Maine license plates... I knew this, but the 45 degree day temporally froze my brain... If you want to see the harbor there are free spots everywhere and your lunch will be mediocre and cost $65 for three people... No appetizers... no desserts... (no lobsters) just 3 lunches (including a cheeseburger) and 3 soft drinks... ouch...

This sign cracked us up for some reason...

I won't bore you with our hours of mindless prattle, but it was really amusing.... at that moment...

(to us...)

Later in the trip we drove up the coast to see some friends and drive by our old house...

We had a blast... The new owners have done a lot of work to it... It looks great and makes us feel good that they love it as least as much as we did!

There is this little beach down the street from our old house where we practically lived in the summer... Some of the girlies favorite memories were on this little beach so we had to spend part of an afternoon there...

(note the new "Camden, Maine" sweatshirts... ahhh warm at last!)

Tide was high so we spent most of our time skipping stones, but it was definitely a highlight of the trip...

Hopefully, that wasn't too painful...

Thanks for listening,