MAINE!

Sabbatical Day 22 | June 18, 2011
MAINE!


After I got out of the shower, my dad presented me with two choices and I had to pick one: Vermont Country Store or Maine. Of COURSE I picked Maine! Now I can say that I made it as far east as possible on my trip! Okay, well I know full well that Rhode Island would have put me even further east, but can you really call Rhode Island a state?!  Kidding kidding!!  For the purpose of this road trip, I made it as far east as I
could - and I touched ocean. So there - pbbttthhhh!!


.:ahem:. I digress. Aside from breakfast and potty stops, our first official stop was at Hampton Beach, NH where I first got to dip my tootsies into the ocean! We had great fun walking along the 'beach' (read: long stretch of land that was covered by ocean polished, slippery as heck when wet, rocks. Not sand. Rocks!) and 'rock picking'. Rock picking would be the equivalent of searching for seashells. Carolyn got soaked by an errant wave and I nearly did too - thankfully it was only the bottom pocket on my cargo shorts! Carolyn caught a wave right up the back! Eeek!


From Hampton Beach, we drove up the coast (GORGEOUS) and 'wish listed' all the houses that we wanted once we won the lottery. We stopped at the Kittery Trading Post in Maine and did some shopping - any by "shopping", I mean that I should have given Matt my wallet. I was able to exercise a lot of restraint though! I totally was on the fence about whether or not I wanted to get a pair of Vibram Five Fingers now or when I got back to Utah. My step-mom didn't help when she handed me a coupon either! I caved and bought a pair and wore 'em right out of the store!! I picked up a few other souveniers and some gifties and then we headed to Bob's Clam Shack for dinner.


Matt had the lobster roll and I got a seafood combo that I shared with Matt as well. After dinner we went back to Kittery Trading Post to pick up some of their homemade fudge for dessert. Yummmm!! 


Not a lot to see on the way back since it was night time but it was fun to include the parents on our cross country adventure!