{"id":1944,"date":"2018-07-01T22:25:51","date_gmt":"2018-07-02T02:25:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.jonesling.us\/?p=1944"},"modified":"2018-07-03T09:14:07","modified_gmt":"2018-07-03T13:14:07","slug":"maine-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.jonesling.us\/?p=1944","title":{"rendered":"Maine 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

We made an impromptu trip to Maine with our friends Sam and Joanne.<\/p>\n

There’s a back-story: we were supposed to be camping this week with Sam and Joanne (and others) but a conflict with school forced some to cancel, and eventually everyone canceled.\u00a0 Since we all had the time off already scheduled I had the idea for a quick road trip with S&J.\u00a0 Meghan made the arrangements when they bought in, so game on.<\/p>\n

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Found this very stereotypical Maine view while biking on Friday morning<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Day 1: Foul Weather, Destination Southport<\/h1>\n

We left home on Thursday.\u00a0 S&J had the longer drive, but our house was on the way so we met up here and caravaned the rest of the way together.<\/p>\n

A bundle of rain followed them from Connecticut, and would continue to follow us all the rest of the way.<\/p>\n

Meghan and I neglected to pack until they arrived, as we were running around all morning doing chores, so they got in a short, much-needed break from driving in the rain.<\/p>\n

We rolled into the Ocean Gate hotel<\/a> around 5 pm.\u00a0 We had rented three rooms: one for S&J and their son; one for Alpha and Beta; and one for Meghan, me, and Butter-the-dog.\u00a0 We were spread across different buildings in the resort, but the girls were close to S&J so that was ok.<\/p>\n

Our room, unlike the others, had a full kitchen \u2014 indeed, that was one of the selling points for us.\u00a0 It was billed as “not having a view” but that was a lie: the view was, in fact, beautiful.<\/p>\n

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Sunrise on Saturday morning. I didn’t mean to wake up at 5 am, but I’m glad I did since I got to see this.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We went out to dinner at a tiny-but-tony restaurant called Oliver’s at Cozy Harbor<\/a>.\u00a0 The food was excellent, btw.\u00a0 Joanne went high-end and got a “lobstertini,” lobster meat served in a martini glass, but most everyone else went basic with burgers or fish-and-chips.<\/p>\n

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Sitting down to dinner at Oliver’s. Everyone was tired. and nobody but the server saw me taking the picture, which is why everyone looks bored<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We did check out some of the “traditional” Maine sight-seeing, which is to say we took pictures of the fog:<\/p>\n

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The very foggy view from Oliver’s [click to expand]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Day 2: Swimming, Shopping, Dinner at Home<\/h1>\n

Sam and I started Friday off with a bang: we went biking.\u00a0 The kids started off with fun: they went swimming in the pool.\u00a0 Meghan and Joanne started off with style: they took a dip in the hot tub.<\/p>\n

After everyone felt ready to start their day, we packed into the cars and took a short ride to Boothbay Harbor.\u00a0 It was hot so we had an ice cream lunch.\u00a0 The girls shopped, while I took Butter on a walk up and down the main drag.\u00a0 She’s truly an adorable dog and we stopped to talk to several people that wanted to “say hi” to her.<\/p>\n

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Sam braved rumbles of thunder to discover that a nearby island is not, in fact, an island.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We all took a siesta in the late afternoon back at the hotel, except for Sam who ignored the impending thunderstorm and went kayaking.<\/p>\n

After a brief downpour and a bit of lightning, we got going on our planned “traditional get together” dinner: spaghetti and sauce.\u00a0 This is why the in-room kitchen was important, you see.<\/p>\n

For years, when we lived near each other, we would gather at one house or the other and feed everyone with a simple pasta, meat sauce, and garlic bread dinner.\u00a0 From time to time we do it even now, but the drive is much longer.<\/p>\n

I made the pasta, Sam made the garlic bread, and the kids watched TV.\u00a0 This was about as traditional as you can get without being home.<\/p>\n

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After dinner I washed up while everyone else played a game at the table until bedtime.<\/p>\n

Day 3: Freeport and Home<\/h1>\n

Our stay was intentionally short because we were trying a too-good-to-be-true hotel and everything came together last-minute.\u00a0 Much too short.<\/p>\n

After a big breakfast we packed up and rolled out, destination: Freeport<\/a>.\u00a0 Sam had only passed through Maine before, never stopping, and Joanne has never been at all.\u00a0 Both wanted to see the main L.L. Bean<\/a> store in Freeport.\u00a0 Meghan is always game to go there.\u00a0 I walked around with Butter while everyone wandered inside the store for an hour because I just can’t even.\u00a0 We also made time for the Ben and Jerry’s store<\/a>, of course.<\/p>\n

We made our final leg home, where S&J paid us a final visit before making their way home as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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