Maine: Part I

Our little August vacation this year was to Maine- where Kevin's parents have a lovely place. We last went in 2007, but now we're much closer in location. From Colorado, it can take a day to get there, but from Baltimore, it's a short little hour flight to Portland. Kevin actually met me there direct from his fishing trip, and his parents picked us up from the airport. We went out to dinner near the water and I had this fantastic truffle and lobster mac and cheese. Hello, all my favorite foods in one dish. :) (except peanut butter, chickpeas, and ice cream. But that would be gross).

Then it was off to some relaxation at their place:

This is the main house, but Kevin and I like to stay in the little boat house/guest house down by the water. It has a little loft, a kitchen, a sitting area, and this view:



The dock, where you can go kayaking:



The boat house is very charming (note: this is at low tide. The tides in Maine are crazy- a 12.5 foot difference between low and high tide. You can see by the algae where the water comes up to during high tide):



Here it is near high tide, from the dock:





On our first full day, we all took a walk along the rocks to explore some of the tidal pools. The views along the coast are beautiful, and the weather was just perfect our entire visit:



A cool house we saw along the way:



Luckily no one in Maine cares if you're pasty white, like me:



And just a cool picture of the light on the boathouse (these pictures were all taken with my old camera):