A little travel interlude
I bet you’d like a little respite from the news and angst. I certainly would; New England is currently caught in a patch of nasty gloomy weather.
But I was in Portland, Maine on a sunny day last week.
You should go some time; it’s a beautiful city, with great restaurants.
To whet your appetite (for the scenery, not the restaurants):
43 years ago in September we spent a honeymoon week on Cranberry Island. We went back there in 2005. The Maine Coast is enchanting.
Lovely lovely lovely…..
Gorgeous. On my bucket list…New England travel in the fall. I grew up in Chicago and know the experience of all 4 seasons. Being a kid, autumn and winter were my favorites. Our family always traveled south to Florida in the fall to visit my grandparents in Panama City Beach, so I’ve only visited Wisconsin and Michigan north of Chicago. In 2004 we took our sons to Boston in June (complete with a Sox game), but, New England in the fall…one day!
Love Portland.
Mrs G.H.W. Bush used to occasionally fly our airline from DC to Portland enroute to Kennebunkport. Looking back, it is astounding, but she did fly commercial on an airline that did not even offer First Class seating.
New England October and torrential rain are unfortunately sometimes found together. The rainy October I remember the most was 1975, when the World Series between the Sox and the Reds rained on baseball fans’ parade.
Love Portland and their fantastic tour guides! And if it’s rainy, they’ve got a first rate museum and a wonderful downtown area to go on a pub crawl.
Cape Elizabeth Lighthouse!
I really miss Maine. Living there when my two youngest children were in high school was a happy, happy time. If you’ve never been, go see it – but not in the middle of the winter 🙂
I live outside of Portland (Buxton) and I confirm that it is a wonderful tourist destination. From the restaurants to the lobster shacks to the coast from Kennebunkport to the mid coast – all terrific.
Did you know that, if you straightened out Maine’s coastline, it would extend over 3,000 miles
Also, exploring the area of portland known as the Old Port
Come back again, Neo
We lived on one of the Casco Bay islands for several years a long time ago. I commuted on the ferry to Portland for work. The island was a magical place. I miss those years.
The only time I eat lobster is when I visit Maine and the only time I eat crabcakes is when I am in Maryland. Some things are just way better the closer one is to the source.
When my son turned 13 a couple of years ago I took him on a whirlwind road trip of all of the New England states, which he had never visited. I had spent many happy childhood vacations in New England (my dad is a Boston native), particularly Cape Cod and Old Orchard Beach, Maine.
On our 4-day road trip, we drove from western PA to the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown NY, then traveled across southern Vermont (saw a covered bridge and sampled maple syrup) and New Hampshire, and hit the town of York in southern Maine. I wanted to show him a classic New England lighthouse and the Nubble Light did not disappoint. Spectacular!
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After a basket of clams and lots of photos on the rocks across from the lighthouse, we left York to drive south to Boston, where we did the Fenway tour and much more. Then continued on to Plymouth, MA (saw the famous rock and Mayflower replica), drove through Rhode Island and Connecticut and into NYC, then home to western PA.
Amazing trip. My son loved every minute of it and so did I. There is no place like New England.
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