Okay, yes. It's been a while ... a long while. We seemed to have rushed from Maine down to the Florida Keys for a break from traveling. Two months went by and apparently I felt a need to rest from everything, not just traveling. So we finally have the pictures loaded and my goal for this week is to get our blog caught up to current. We will see how it goes.
We arrived in Wells Maine in the early evening and got set up just as the storm hit. Little did I know that it was high tide at the same time, so maybe my idea to rush Lexi out to the end of the jetty, in a storm, at dusk and at high tide was not very smart. We all came out okay but I know understand why mom would never let us out on the jetty after dark or in storms. Vic was able to capture a picture of "the moment", or the lead up to it. Lexi and I, along with Moe, were posing for a picture at the end of the jetty when a rogue wave crashed into the back of our legs. That's when the picture below was taken, a little blury but we all were shock up. In the background you can see the one heading our way that piled right over the top of us, soaking us from shoulders down. Never again !!!!
We took a day trip to Portland a couple times to visit our favorite pizza place on the planet. Our waitress was there from last year and remembered us. It is Flatbread Pizza Company, all organic from their own gardens and they make everything right there in the restaurant. Lexi agreed .... best pizza ever.
One would think I would have gotten my fill of lobster stew but that is difficult to do. It was so so good, rich and creamy and loaded with lobster. One of the restaurants we had lobster at was the Well's Diner, featured on Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives for their lobster stew. Glad to be there off season as the wait there can be horrendous over the summer.
We had lunch with Janice and Fred one afternoon. They haven't changed a bit and are full of all the warmth that I remember so well. Vic and Fred got along wonderfully and it was great to introduce them to Lexi. Fred made his famous Corn Chowder, a taste of home while on the road.
We stayed for almost 2 weeks in Maine as Lexi had her first formal dance with a wonderful young man. We had a great time meeting and spending time with his family, including backyard and campground fires, dinner and a night at the county fair. John and Jen were wonderfully kind and Lexi had a great time at the dance with Andy. Before we left, they gave us home made maple syrup, pickled carrots and home made sweet pickle and zucchini relish!! I am still hording a small amount of maple syrup for my night time sweet tooth attacks.
The last night over at their house, Moe followed me into the house and down into their rec room in the basement. The lights were off with only the TV on and Moe went absolutely berserk barking and growling. Once the lights were turned on we saw the cause of his distress: in a corner stood a taxedermied (better than saying stuffed?) bear that was just freaking Moe out. We couldn't calm him, and couldn't get near the bear because he kept herding us away from it. Quite funny, although he may not have thought so.
The weather was beautiful and the leaves turning right on schedule so we really got to enjoy the peak season we were hoping for when we made plans to be there in October. The last few days it began to get chilly and we were starting to feel like it was time to get out of the northeast before an early storm trapped us, so we headed out on schedule to Massachusetts.
There are more pictures of our time in Maine. Just click on the Picassa button to the right of the blog and go to the album labeled Wells, ME.
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