Travelers Inn Brunswick

... and is now President of TD Mutual Funds, quite a promotion. He bought a house in Mississauga but won’t be moving until Foster graduates next June. He is commuting from Toronto to Boston then drives two hours home to Portland every week so is very busy.

Places we Visited:

· June had to get her fill of Outlet Shopping so we spent a ...

... and is now President of TD Mutual Funds, quite a promotion. He bought a house in Mississauga but won’t be moving until Foster graduates next June. He is commuting from Toronto to Boston then drives two hours home to Portland every week so is very busy.

Places we Visited:

· June had to get her fill of Outlet Shopping so we spent a ...

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 ...

... a ride on an authentic old time train around the city's harbor and see many of the extraordinary sites that have stood for decades.
Most of the city is compact and perfectly walkable. There is so much to see and do that you will never feel bored or disappointed. One thing for sure, you definitely will not go hungry or run out of places to shop! The Old Port District is the historic side of Portland, and it is a wonderful area reminiscent of America's humble beginnings.

... just as well, as the welcoming sign on entering New Hampshire, carries the tag-line, "Live free or die." I see what they're trying to say, I think, but there are maybe other ways of saying it. I'm still alive so I must have been living free enough for the people of that particular state. Anyway, it all makes a nice change from my usual 9-5 desk job.

So aside from lots of driving ...

we sailed into boothsbay in the dark (as usual). we only had limited lights, so it was a crew effort to communicate with chris who was motoring the boat in via GPS coordinates and autopilot.

"boat at 1 o'clock!"

"mooring at 11 o'clock!"

we successfully docked (at the wrong dock than planned but we docked none the less). we had hoped to get farther up the coast but the last few days had been light wind (cary said ...

... in cold snow for the majority of the year i'd consider moving there.

for lunch we sailed up to a seafood restaurant called Cook's. we had a slight buoy mishap, that sent me running around the small bay to save the buoy but it was also the first exercise i'd had in days so that was good.

lunch at Cook's was a-w-e-s-o-m-e. we had steam-ahs and fresh maine lobstah in maine. simple boiled lobstah. it was awesome.

On Sunday, September 13th, volunteers gathered in South Portland near the Maine mall for Volunteer Day. The mission for the day was to clean up trash, build a bridge, finish a kiosk and other tasks related to building walking trails for SP residents to enjoy. The best thing to me was the range of ages who participated -- from very young of 4 or 5 to young at heart of any age!

We were in Portland, Maine today. Not too much there. The old Portland burnt down completely in the 1600s and then was built back up through 1700s / 1800s. The Old Port looked lovely, proper New England style fishing port.
Paul had "lobster stew" ! Portland is famous for its lobster trade. Lobsters everywhere. Lobster clothing, Lobster toys, Lobster restaurants, big fluffy ...

... anachronism; nor can it be dismissed as the final sad flowering of nineteenth century liberal utopian fervor. Shakerism has a message for the present age--a message as valid today as when it was first expressed. It teaches above all else that God is Love and that our most solemn duty is to show forth that God who is love in the World.”
Amen.
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