Just back from Maine vacation

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September 2, 2018 at 10:11 am #90313

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This past week turned out to be a great beach week up in Phippsburg, ME. Lots of sun, and the water was relatively warm (62 F on Friday).

It was nice to do barely anything for a week. The kids still love to go, but at 22 and 19, I was afraid they would outgrow it. When my wife said maybe just the two of us would keep going, my daughter said, “No way! We’re coming too.”

We did our yearly trip in to Bath to go to Reny’s for back to school stuff and Beale St BBQ for dinner.

We also visited my sister in Portland on Thursday and got the three hour tour of the city. She took us to the East Prom, where we walked down by the water and saw a narrow gauge train. We ate oysters at The Spot on Washington Ave. We went over to South Portland and then to Cape Elizabeth and went to Fort Williams Park (cool lighthouse). Then we drove down by the waterfront and went to King of the Roll on Congress St for dinner.

Very nice city from what I saw. My daughter, who is living in Boston and is thinking about maybe Nursing School (after she gets her Masters in Public Health) liked it very much, especially when my sister told her that her daughter went to Nursing school in Portland.

All in all a good time

September 2, 2018 at 10:24 am #90314

nittany ram
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Yeah, I love Maine. It’s beautiful and the seafood is awesome.

While there, I’ve spent all my time on the coast though. I have yet to venture into Maine’s interior. Maybe on the next trip.

September 2, 2018 at 1:01 pm #90317

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One correction: The oyster bar on Washington Ave wasn’t “The Spot”, it was “The Shop”. $1.50 per oyster, which, by Boston and Connecticut standards is very reasonable. We ordered a dozen, and they put caviar on 4, a cucumber – cilantro sorbet or 4 and left the last 4 as is (no charge for the extra toppings). The savory sorbet was interesting. The caviar was salty, but I also added cocktail sauce and horseradish. My favorite was still the plain oyster with cocktail sauce and horseradish. Nice appetizer while tooling around town.

September 2, 2018 at 5:15 pm #90341

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September 2, 2018 at 7:13 pm #90349

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Yep. That’s the place.

Nice city you live in, Zack.

Cape Elizabeth, holy crap! I thought I was in Westchester County, NY or Stamford, CT.

For all these years, we’ve been going to Popham Beach. Never knew there were areas of Maine that looked just like Fairfield County / Westchester County.
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