On Friday afternoon we split town for Portland, Maine. We made the plans several months ago, A) because we haven't explored much/any of New England since we've been up here, B) the house is mostly in shape and doesn't require our every-weekend toil anymore, and C) Maine is supposed to be beautiful. We timed our trip by the foliage, though we were a little early.
Since the trip was planned we saw this article pop up in the NYT, so we've been looking forward to good food. We visited two nice restaurants while we were there. Bar Lola was an A+ in our estimation. David's earned an A-.
We also got a chance to see my mom and aunt's childhood home. Sounds like it wasn't in the ritzy part of town back then, but it is now. Falmouth Foreside is apparently shi shi.
Maybe it's because two blocks down, even though there's no beach, is the ocean.
Here are some of our pics from our wanderings.
Can you tell that the "high-rise" in this picture above is actually a huge-mongous cruise ship? Yesterday morning, it had just docked, so lots of people were getting off in foreign-looking clothes, and predictably, filling up tour trolleys.
We visited the Portland Head Light on Cape Elizabeth...
...and the ruins of Fort Williams.
We also visited Betsy and Anne in Yarmouth, and on our drive home, swung through all the outlets in Kittery, finally stopping for a quick dinner in Portsmouth, NH. Nice little place.
Oh, and we did run our 5K. We'll provide our race report tomorrow.
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