Saturday 8/21/2010
We arrived in Maine at supper time and had time to catch a quick ice cream in Perkins Cove. This is the drawbridge we cross as we walk there from Hillcrest. |  |
As I am actually trying to lose weight this trip, I walked Marginal Way alone in the dark. Emily and Karen thought it was too scary looking at night; however, the bright light shining from Jackie'sToo restaurant lit up the path making it quite easy walking. |  |
I realize we are going to have to find a better way to post all of these pictures so they don't take up so much space on the blog. If you have any ideas, let us know in the comments! And no, we didn't eat at this restaurant, but it did provide a very Mainy look to begin our trip. |  |
As we begin our adventure we offer a toast from a bottle of homemade wine from two of our winemaker friends. To all friends and family, Salut! |  |
Oh, my research... it's the weekend, I will start that tomorrow! (Does it count that I did find how to edit the HTML to put the pictures to the right?)
From Karen:
Why is it that just the simple act of crossing the drawbridge into Perkins Cove seems like coming home? We've been coming to Ogunquit for over 20 years, so I'm sure that's part of it. I love the walk along in front of those beautiful houses just before we get to the bridge. Of course, getting ice cream makes it all worthwhile! |  |
The beautiful beach roses all along the path....just the smells of the ocean and the sound of the surf! I just love it! As much as I love Marginal Way, it really did seem too scary to do it in the dark. Let's hope for clearer skies as we head to the full moon on the 24th, and then I'll walk it! |  |
On Sunday, we got up early and went to church. Then we headed out for Sunday brunch......and brunch is not complete without mimosas, right?
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We decided to meander along Rt. 1 north towards Kennebunkport to try to see our friends, George and Barbara, but they were busy......we did manage to get a picture of their home, though! |  |
Afterward, we went to visit the Wedding Cake House. The cool thing was, they were giving tours of the house, which has only ever happened twice. Once was 5 years ago, with the money going to Hurricane Katrina victims. This year they are touring from August 15th until September 15th with the money going to the York Community Kitchen. It was our good luck to be there just at the right moment. The only bad thing was we weren't able to take any pictures inside.
Tonight, we're off to see "Spamalot" at the Ogunquit Playhouse. Life just doesn't get much better than this!
Karen
I am not sure how I missed George and Barb's house a few weeks back. We were riding bikes and Walter said we just passed it. Hmmm I love your picture! And we stayed right next door to the wedding cake house at the Emerson. How neat you got to tour the house. I love the pictures in the blog - wonderful. I am sure it is a lot of effort and much appreciated.
ReplyDeleteI knew you had stayed somewhere close by there, Ginny, but couldn't remember where. It is such a pretty little town. I'm glad you liked the pictures.
ReplyDeleteJust so you know Mom had me pose with the Mamosa..she didn't actually let me try it :( And they also neglected to mention that I had the great opportunity of playing an 1812 piano in the wedding cake house in front of all the tour people! Too bad we couldn't take any pictures in the house. There was this mural going up the staircase that was painted in 5 hours! It was huge!
ReplyDeleteI love reading this! The photos are great and having the words w/them makes it feel as if we are with you. Nicely done. Love Emily's note about the Mamosa.
ReplyDeleteI suggest connecting to Flickr to handle your many photos that will be happening as you go along. Within blogspot/blogger you can get the directions for how to do this. "How do I post pictures from Flickr?" (search this phrase in blogger)
http://www.google.com/support/blogger/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=42233
You will have to join Flickr & take a little time setting it up, but once it is set up, you are set to go.