Last weekend we had the pleasure of hosting two of our friends from the Mitten State. It was their first time in Maine and they were only here for a few days – so we definitely made the most of their visit and saw all of the sights.
Portland Headlight, the Old Port, Popham Beach State Park, Cape Elizabeth, restaurants, bars — the whole sha-bang. It was especially nice because the Clam Festival happened to be that weekend so they got to experience a real Mainer event. And eat tons of seafood of course. Which actually didn’t work out so well in hindsight because one of our friends got violently ill that night and he probably won’t ever eat a clam again – but regardless – it was all in all a good weekend.
After they left the kittens proceeded to mope the rest of the day and so did I. Its funny, after you’ve been living far away for a while you start to forget about missing “home” until someone comes to visit. Talking about what’s going on back there makes you realize that the world actually DOES continue to progress even when you’re not there. I guess when I was a teenager and my mom said the world didn’t revolve around me she was right. Hate it when that happens.
Now I’m homesick. Who wants to visit next?
Our friends with "Steamer" the clam
US! But maybe not until the fall? I’m trying to convince John (and I think I have succeeded) that we should just skip an anniversary trip this July (when it’s crazy busy and we can never find anywhere that doesn’t cost a bazillion $ for reservations) and come visit you guys in Sept/Oct instead! Perhaps a long weekend, Friday to Sunday, find a cheap flight. My mom retires in a few months, so we pawn the kiddos off on them
Do it! We found cheap flights through AirTran.
I’m planning on coming this fall too… if we ever get a house..
something tells me it might take a while…