We left on Sunday for Ogunquit for our annual vacation in Maine. We had a nice day of outlet shopping and picked up groceries for the week ahead. On the way up we drove through some of the tornado damage in Sturbridge, Massachussetts. The small part of the damage we saw included one of those scaffolded, overhanging highway signs which was pushed off the highway in a crumpled heap and a swath of trees broken in half as though a lawn mower cut a clear path through them. It was shocking and too close for comfort.
On Monday, we spent time on the beach in our cabana, now that I know how to assemble it (see my first ever post where I failed to put it together on a hot beach in Ocean City, Maryland). In the afternoon, on our walk of the Marginal Way, we ran into a couple of friends of mine from working at Vincent's Pharmacy. They (Lin, Nancy, Paul, and Robert) joined us on our walk to Perkin's Cove where we had dinner at the Oarweed. Megan particularly enjoyed the company of daddy's work friends.
On Tuesday, we met my friends for breakfast at Cafe Amore for a delicious meal. It was nice to have our monthly breakfast at such a beautiful location (often we convene at Mitchell's in Vernon). We then set out for a visit of York's Wild Kingdom Zoo. Later, we walked short sands shops and played on the playground. We finished up with a trip to Nubble Lighthouse to where Megan distinctly remembers as "family rock" for a photo opp.
Wednesday was a day long beach day. We really lucked out with the weather this year. No rain, warm sunny skies. Megan enjoyed jumping the waves and wading in the warmer tidal pools. The clam shells were plentiful for collecting and drawing on back at the room. We had to hit Brown's Old Fashion Ice Cream even though we had to wake Megan from her nap. At night, Megan, mommy, and daddy swam in the pool. Megan can now swim the short length of the pool by herself with swim floats on her arms. This will be good practice for swim class which we will restart on Saturday.
Thursday morning was a scortcher. We left for home without much delay to keep cool in the air conditioned car and to retrieve Bailey from GiGi and PopPop (Megan missed Bailey the most, realizing that her food she dropped from the table wasn't eaten on vacation).
Realizing the enjoyment of having company on vacation, we hope to bring friends up with us next year...
