On the second day we drove into Maine, and our first stop was York Harbor, Maine. Here we saw the Nubble Lighthouse. It was great to just slowly drive up the coast, and the further north we went the more beautiful the coast became. We were moving away from larger population centers. We continued following Route 1N, but we detoured on Route 27S and ate lunch on Southport Island, which is off a penninsula 10 miles off Route 1. The town was called Boothbay, and the restaurant was Robinson's restaurant and pub. There were lobster traps just outside the door, so we knew it was going to be good food. At this point, we ate our first Maine Lobster. When they brought us the lobster, they forgot to bring us the butter, but we began eating ... read more

Here are pictures from our trip to the finger lakes over the fall. We first went up to Shawn's grand father's place in Erin and then drove up to Ithaca and the surrounding finger lakes. My parents were visiting and we stopped at several wineries. We found hot wine at one of the vineyards, we had not had it since we were in France. We then stumbled upon Tunkhanncock falls. It was unbelievable with the leaves changing around it. We also showed my parents around Ithaca. We drove around the Cornell Campus. We love Ithaca. Until we went to Vermont, we used to talk to moving to Ithaca. It is a small yet progressive college town. It has been described by some writers as Greenwich Village without Manhattan. ... read more