WE LOVE MAINE

We lived in Maine over 24 years ago when John was in the Navy. We loved it back then and would have stayed if a job opportunity for John came up. It has taken us this long to come back to this great state. We only have a few days, but so far we are having a great time. A lot has changed, our memories have dimmed of familiar things. We couldnt locate a really great restauarant that we once loved...we couldn't find the street that I once worked on. We couldn't find Bath Iron Works in Portland where John's ship was drydocked and later found out that was because they are no longer in business in Portland. We did drive through our old apartment complex.. too funny to see where we once lived.

Today we spent the day down in Portland. We went on a whale watching cruise all day. It was incredible. We saw Minke and Finback whales. It was a beautiful day, and we saw over 20 whales. Some came right up to the boat. We learned about the "footprint" whales leave in the water, and we learned that they do a "Kick dive" where they arch their backs and go back under. We learned that sometimes they log, or just hang out on top of the water sunning or sleeping. It was really incredible, and the boys were riveted by the whole thing. After that we walked all over the city, and rediscovered the cobblestone areas that had some funky shops and eateries. Portland is definately not a "rich" city and it looked a little more run down from what we remembered.. but it also looked like they were rebuilding in many areas. We ate at a really great seafood reastaurant that a lot of the locals seemed to eat at. We ate outside and of course I had LOBSTER. Tomorrow we plan on going out to Freeport (home of llbean and others) and then shoot south again to revisit Old Orchard Beach. Enjoy the picts of our day.

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