Maine Vacation 2011, Part II

Saturday morning dawned pleasantly cool and gorgeous. Maine is a beautiful place - so many trees, so many lakes - and the ocean to top it all off. I can't believe it's been two weeks already since we were there, and I am just now getting to Day 2. But so much has happened since then.

After a good night's sleep, and much lower temps outside and in, we got to a slow start in the morning. We were on vacation! No hurrying that day.



We headed to Boothbay Harbor, a beautiful spot Kevin had mentioned several times, but which we hadn't had time to visit yet. It was a lovely drive and we got there just in time for lunch. We landed in the perfect spot, just by good fortune. It was the beginning of the end of my "being good" when it came to food for the next few days.

















This was when something funny happened - one of the gentlemen who was eating next to us (the one in the blue shirt at the next table) asked if we'd like him to take a picture of all of us - for some reason, Dwight said, "No thanks." I was surprised, because when someone offers, you usually take them up on it. We were finishing our meal when a lady came walking across the patio and asked if she could take our picture. Dwight said, "Sure." I was shocked, and a tad embarrassed. Turns out the lady was a professional, and just saw a good photo op, I guess. The people beside us sat and watched the whole thing.





It didn't seem to bother Dwight, but as we were leaving, I said to the people next to us, "Want me to take your picture?" They laughed and said, "No thanks!" We had a bit of a chat and I felt better for it.


After lunch we began a bit of exploration of the area. It was absolutely enchanting. I imagine many of the houses are vacation spots, but you could tell that many of them are year-round homes. The flowers were amazing . . .

. . . and the beauty extended across the road, between the road and the water.






I love how they set up their lawn chairs across the road, facing the water.








I have never seen blue hydrangeas before - they were everywhere.

I was amazed to see the flowers growing out of the rocks, in profusion.






I visited this little chapel, which is an interdenominational place of worship for the citizens and visitors in this beautiful spot.

I loved the sight of the children running through the sprinkler with the little kiddie pool set up, when they live across the street from the ocean.

Dwight took this picture and it was mentioned that it looks like a Kincaid painting - all that's missing is the light in the windows.

A picture of Kev taking pictures and me checking pictures.

Kevin and Angie enjoying the day.

Stay tuned for Part III - the rest of the day at Boothbay Harbor.