Rodeway Inn Saco

Along the way:

Heading to Portland, Maine (to visit Tom, Denise & Foster) we drove from Milton, through the Lewiston border crossing (N of Niagara Falls), through New York, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and finally into Maine, an 11 hour drive. Surprisingly, there are no orchards or farms east of the Niagara River – it's all bush.

Portland, Maine, United States jimcabay

Along the way:

Heading to Portland, Maine (to visit Tom, Denise & Foster) we drove from Milton, through the Lewiston border crossing (N of Niagara Falls), through New York, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and finally into Maine, an 11 hour drive. Surprisingly, there are no orchards or farms east of the Niagara River – it's all bush.

Portland, Maine, United States jimcabay

Ni hao! (Hello in Chinese...pronounced "knee how")

We are now one week away from our departure and realizing that next week at this time we will be in the air over the Pacific and headed to China! The accumulating of stuff is coming to an end and the real packing is beginning. The girls love the whole packing thing...their mother...not so much. Excitement is in the air as the count down begins.

We are looking forward to ...

... in the city. From small mom and pop boutiques to outstanding malls, Portland has the upper hand on upscale shopping. You will definitely see your share of dazzling jewelry and fine art, and there is no better place to see it than in the fabulous museums and art galleries. The Portland Museum of Art and the Bayview Gallery are two of the premier establishments in town, and the equally delightful Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad Company and Museum is always a treat. You can ...

On Oct 2nd we headed south to Wells where our timeshare is located. We drove along the coast and down a peninsula that was beautiful and rugged.We ate lunch in a little town at the end of the peninsula, Stoningham. We saw lots of quaint houses and lots of lobster boats. Lobster fishing seems to be the prominate fishery in these parts. I don't think there is a salmon fishery except for salmon fish farms. We eventually made our way to Freeport ...

... had no idea there were so many! but you can only see them by boat, and turns out maine has the longest coastline of any of the 50 states (i'm pretty sure this is what chris told me). some islands have lots of houses on them, plus a few stores, maybe a school. some kids have to take a ferry to the mainland for school in portland. but some islands are privately owned and have only 1 or 2 houses on them. if maine wasn't ...

We left Boston this morning from the North Station in Boston and we're rolling on the Downeaster north toward Portland, Maine. The train has a great wireless connection so I'm able to do this from my laptop!

The views have been lovely on this route. Lot's of hardwood forests, lakes, rivers and small towns as we head north ...

... to share was more than enough to stuff us silly. We sat and ate them in big wooden chairs next to the camp fire that was burning away in an attempt to stave off the chill of the autumn morning.

As the site is really nice and well cared for, even at this late stage of the season, we had decided to stay for another night and so waddled across to reception to book in. Then we waddled to the phone to call ...

... floating dry dock. We chose to pull over here, for our morning tea and called at the information centre to obtain a map of the town as well as directions to the Maritime museum. We had morning tea next to the information centre close to a rail line/station. The information centre was a converted railway station office. While we were parked, a train came alongside and loaded/unloaded passengers, they had to place a step outside the doors to allow the passengers to ...

"The Road to Enlightenment has Many Detours!" - Me Yesterday morning I dropped my truck off at "Bradford's Towing in Lamoine, Maine to get the leaky axle seal replaced. I was provided with a service loaner vehicle so that I wouldn't be stranded all day. Since I was "stuck" another day in Bar Harbor I figured I'd do more sightseeing. Drove to the top of Cadillac Mountain (just a hill by Alberta standards) for a birds eye view of the whole area ...