Trip to Maine #3

Oops, I never got to posting the rest of our trip to Maine (back-posting this in June 2008)... I'll add some more now and hopefully complete the story soon...

On a rainy Tuesday, September 11, we decided to head into town and go to All Fired Up (http://www.acadiaallfiredup.com/), the local pottery/ceramics store on Cottage Street. We thought they opened at 9 am, but alas they had changed their hours from those listed in the flier we had and didn't open until 10 am. A bit of a problem when arriving at around 9:30 am assuming an earlier opening in the pouring rain with a toddler. We were able to hid out under the entrance canopy to their store and the owner took pity on us and let us in a little early. Once into the store we picked a nice 4x6 picture frame to make a mosaic with tiles on. Andrew was quite excited to have free access to putting tiles in the glue and Daddy was on active duty trying to "help" Andrew while Momma quickly worked with the tiles once Andrew placed them onto the frame.

Jordon Pond House

We'll post the story to go with this picture shortly, but by special request for those having heard the story over the phone... here's our favorite pic from the vacation.

Trip to Maine #2

Saturday, after some donuts on the porch by Andrew while we loaded the car (did I mention, Andrew loves vacation!!), we finished shopping in Freeport with a trip to LLBean's flagship store and listening to some musicians playing for an outdoor art festival (Andrew dancing away, so cute!).


Then we finished the drive to Bar Harbor. For entertainment this trip, Andrew had a large sticker book that was pulled out when just sitting in the car became a little too tedious...


We checked into Cottage #1 at Bar Harbor Cottages & Suites in Salisbury Cove, http://www.barharborcottages.com/



and headed out for dinner at Fish House Grill at Harbor Place on 1 West Street in Bar Harbor.

We had a good meal, and the outdoor dining allows direct access to a large open pier, which is great for "running of the toddler" ! A key and necessary feature to maintain happy Momma/Daddy/Andrew relations during a week of restaurant eating. Also helping keep Andrew entertained was the constant presence of seagulls. Andrew kept wanting to pet the birdies. He just couldn't understand why they would fly away!

Trip to Maine #1

We vacationed this year in Bar Harbor, Maine on Mount Desert, http://www.nps.gov/acad/ or http://www.barharborinfo.com/.

On Friday, September 7, we drove partway up to Freeport, Maine and stayed at The Maine Idyll Motor Court, http://www.maineidyll.com/ in Cottage #3.



It was a very nice cottage, and Andrew's first introduction to a screen door. He had so much fun going in and out of the cottage while we unloaded!


They also had a nice playground for Andrew to stretch his legs on after the long drive.


We unpacked, tried (unsuccessfully) to have Andrew nap, and then left for a little shopping (home to LLBean and lots of outlet shopping) in town and dinner. Andrew fell alseep in the truck on the way into town so we were able to tag out for shopping while Andrew slept.

We then had dinner at Gritty's Brew Pub, http://www.grittys.com/fp.html.

It was PERFECT for dinner. They have a large fenced in backyard to the restaurant for the kids to play in and comfortable Adirondack chairs for the parents. Gritty's also brews their own beer, so Nathan was able to try some new brews.