We wanted to head north to see some nice fall colors. Unfortunately we probably needed to drive like 4 more hours north to see nice colors.... but we still had a great time! Maine is beautiful.
Our first stop was Kittery, just over the border of Maine. There's a huge outlet mall area. We stopped for a bit and bought a couple things, we didn't go to crazy shopping. We wandered from Kittery and drove through York, a cute small town.
The main destination was next - Portland! Did you know that Portland, Oregon is purposely named after Portland, Maine? Fun fact for you. Oh also, another fun fact... Maine has more ocean coast then California! I couldn't believe it, but if you look close at Maine on the map, you'll see tons of little islands and peninsulas.
Ok, so we drove through downtown Portland right by the water, and it looked packed. Well, we quickly found out why when we saw a huge cruise ship! Dave has never seen one - he couldn't stop looking at it. It was pretty cool. We wonder how it compares to the Titanic in size...
It was time for lunch! We could have got some yummy lobster, but we weren't that hungry. We stopped by this small restaurant on a pier. Dave had lobster bisque and I had a shrimp-avocado wrap. Delicious.
While wandering Portland we walked on a couple historic cobblestone roads. They were quite bumpy and uneven. No wonder horse drawn carriages would 'break down!'
We have to go back to Portland. There was this stretch of shops that had old school candy, amazing fudge (we got creamsicle!), gelato, and homemade cupcakes. We filled up on some good sweets on our Saturday 'Cheat Day.' :)
And guess what else we found?! Bubble tea! I haven't had Bubble tea in years, and here it was. I got Mango flavored - so good.
We had to walk off some of these sweets so we strolled along the shoreline and got a couple nice pics of old docks.
Our last stop in Portland was to see a lighthouse. We drove out to the Portland Head Light. You can get some really good views of it - close up, far away. This part of the ocean is just so different from the Lake MI we're used to. There are rocky cliffs and waves crashing and swirling around. I could have sat there all day.
Our final destination was just north of Portland.. Freeport. I had to see the LLBean flagship store that is open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year! Like what in the world do the employees do there at 2am? There were actually 3 LLBean stores there for different things, and they were quite large. We didn't buy anything, but it was kind of cool to see. Freeport has tons of other outlet malls, too. We only bought a new backpack at the North Face. :)
It was hitting sunset pretty quick, and we wanted one last look of the ocean. We found a park to head to, but it was closing their gates at 6, it was 5:40. We parked quick and literally ran through the woods down to the water. It was indescribable. It was like running through a wind tunnel to get to the shore! It was lots of fun. Dave struck a pose without even knowing it. :)
Dave thought the seaweed was really gross, but I loved the vibrant colors... so there you go.
We decided to take a couple pics of us together. They all turned out blurry (whoops!) but since these pics are little I don't think you can really tell. ;)
If you can, you need to check out Maine. Lots of nice little towns and it's just awesome driving around the area.
Is that a Red Velvet cupcake? Looks amazing!
ReplyDeleteHeck yea! With cream cheese frosting. It was actually really awesome. The place had such a simple design too, I loved it. For example, their cash register was a friggen iPad with a credit card swiper hooked up. It was enclosed in this nice case that they could spin around and I could sign my name for the transaction. Nuts!
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