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| Spring Point Ledge Light |
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| Portland Head Light |
So, pretty much every trip we go on is "on a whim." We either wake and up and decide to go somewhere, or the day before we decide since we are off work, we should take a day trip. That's exactly how Maine was decided on. We were at work, new we had the next day off, didn't want to sit around the apartment, so Hayley had a wonderful idea of driving to Maine for the day!! So that morning we were going to wake up early, but you know how that goes. We didn't end up leaving until after lunch, but that was okay as long as our goal of seeing a few lighthouses and eating fresh lobster were met!
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| Spring Point Ledge Light |
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| Me and My town sign :) |
So we headed on our 3 hour drive to Portland, ME, passing through 2 more states: New Hampshire and Maine (we missed the New Hampshire state sign :( Oh well. The first place we wanted to go was Portland Head Light Lighthouse. It was in Cape Elizabeth (yes I took my picture with the sign). This lighthouse was beautiful. The pictures we took looked almost like a painting. We explored the grounds, took some pictures and headed back to the care to find a few more light houses before dark (it was already around 330, only 1.5 more hours of sunlight). We found one finally called Two Lights. It was in a neighborhood, so I just took the picture from far away, using my zoom lens :) I guess it had to lights on top and that's why it was called Two Lights? The next and final lighthouse we found was Spring Point Ledge Light. It wasn't as pretty as the first, but we could walk right up to it. It wasn't the easiest walk. The walkway was uneven rocks. We met a nice couple and they suggested a few places for us eat some lobster! So we took a few pics, and then headed to dinner. But, before we decided on the place to eat, I had to take my pictures with the Cape Elizabeth sign. I was posing it up as cars drove by. It was kinds funny. Anyway, on to dinner!!
We decided on eating at Dimillo's. It's a floating restaurant that used to be a ferry. When we walked in, we thought "this place is too fancy." But we didn't sit in the main dining room, so we felt a little better. Plus, when I saw a man in a jogging suit, I thought our jeans weren't so bad after all. Mission for dinner, eat an entire lobster! We ordered our lobster and told our waitress we had never had it before. She was so kind to bring us a "how to eat lobster" guide. I read it, but didn't really help much. You basically just start crack it. But of course we had to take a few pics with our new friends before we mutilated them. After our lobster shoot, we "dug in." I ate the claws first, using what appeared to be a nut cracker, while Hayley tackled hers tail. After eating all of our lobster we were thoroughly satisfied and so excited to have eaten lobster in Maine! Yes, cheesy, but that's us! After dinner we started our 3 hour drive home, stuffed and ready for bed!
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| Our New Friends, Sebastian and Sebastian |
~Hayley and Elizabeth~
We decided on eating at Dimillo's. It's a floating restaurant that used to be a ferry. When we walked in, we thought "this place is too fancy." But we didn't sit in the main dining room, so we felt a little better. Plus, when I saw a man in a jogging suit, I thought our jeans weren't so bad after all. Mission for dinner, eat an entire lobster! We ordered our lobster and told our waitress we had never had it before. She was so kind to bring us a "how to eat lobster" guide. I read it, but didn't really help much. You basically just start crack it. But of course we had to take a few pics with our new friends before we mutilated them. After our lobster shoot, we "dug in." I ate the claws first, using what appeared to be a nut cracker, while Hayley tackled hers tail. After eating all of our lobster we were thoroughly satisfied and so excited to have eaten lobster in Maine! Yes, cheesy, but that's us! After dinner we started our 3 hour drive home, stuffed and ready for bed!
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