Portland, Me

On Sun 7-5-09 we arrived at beautiful Wild Duck Adult Campground in Scarborough, Maine just south of Portland. It's a very small campground set on a little piece of solid land surrounded by an extensive backwater area. The picture was taken looking through a site next to Janet and Ron's and out across the backwater. Our 4 days at this location were a mix of rain and sun as you'll see!

We met up with a friend of Carol's - Larry Taylor - and were treated to a tour of the countryside and his homestead in Limerick. He share's our love of being on the water and has 6 boats on the premises, including a new Hobie kayak that can be paddled, pedaled, or sailed! We're looking forward to trying it out later this year in Florida, as Larry winters with his 5th wheel at the AFB in Tampa.

We then had rain for 48 hours which gave us time for getting caught up on a lot of things that get deferred on sunny days! Even though it was only 56 degrees on Wed and still pouring. we took a "truck tour" of downtown Portland and had a "touristy" lunch of steamy clam chowder in bread bowls at the water's edge.


When we crossed the bridge between Portland and South Portland, we were treated to the passing of a ship up into the harbor and watched the tugs guiding it do their magic! (Sorry about the picture quality - rain is not a friend to our camera!)

Later we picked up Janet and Ron, met up with Larry and Sandy, and went to a really good (local) seafood restaurant they frequent. Carol, Bruce, and Ron all had "twin lobsters" (Carol tried not to look too close at hers, but Ron seemed delighted with his first "whole lobster"!)

We can hardly believe that as chilly as it's been in the northeast, it was reportedly 88 degrees in Fairbanks, Alaska! Guess that is where the global warming went! We're hoping for better weather in Bar Harbor. We're heading up to Ellsworth, a network park, about 22mi. from Acadia National Park .

See you there!

Carol and Bruce