Blogs from Portland, Maine, United States, North America - page 3

September 29-30, 2013 We have stayed the last two nights with friends at their beautiful home (we sleep in the guest house) on an island near Yarmouth, Maine. It's been a heavenly two days: toured the Casco Bay in our friends' boat, walked around the island preserve, visited the shops in Portland, and just enjoyed being with our friends. What a gorgeous part of the world this is! We've been pampered here and it's going to be hard to leave tomorrow!... read more

Geo: 43.6591, -70.2566We left the campground near Bar Harbor this morning and drove in nasty rain for 3-1/2 hours to Portland, ME. We are staying at a campground about 10 minutes from the historic downtown.A taxi took us into the city in the afternoon, where we explored Portland. The weather cooperated and we had great time sitting out on a wharf and watching a band play at a bar. We shopped and had dinner at an Irish Pub; surprisingly good food.Today was also the 2nd Quarter eServices Board Meeting. This is the first one that I have missed since we formed the Company. I have to say that I really did not miss being there. LOL... read more

Trying not to reflect too heavily as we get ready to make the last crossing of our cruise. Nostalgia is best saved for winter evenings when I'm finally going through the 10,000 photos. Portland has been a perfectly delightful place to linger and meet some of the most amazing folks, while waiting for fair west winds and pancake seas. Do I hear the old salts guffawing? Yeah, I know. Pancakes are for breakfast but not for describing the Gulf of Maine. What a wonderful experience to meet Debbie and John Howe. Their passion and expertise for global concerns and solar solutions at Howe Engineering has been very useful. On top of that, Debbie, as a competition Speed Walker, has treated me to my first offfical lesson and a new skill to add to the repertoire of ... read more

Final day... boy what a quick trip this was... it seemed like just yesterday that we checked in... but I guess that's what weekend getaways are all about... activity filled and quick to end.... We had breakfast again in the lobby before checking out. Same stuff, still good. After breakfast, we hit the road. The game plan for today.... head into Old Port in downtown Portland, then head to airport for home. We parked the car along commercial street and walked around Old Port for a bit. Not much happening. Saw a cruise ship, went into a public market, saw few boutique shops, etc.... Portland is famous for their Whoopie pies, so we decided to try some. Bobby Flay had a Whoopie Pie throwdown with the Cranberry Island Kitchen... which just happens to be in Portland. ... read more

Well, we are sure that Maine is a wonderful state (we have heard many, many great things), but unfortunately our time in the state was just way too short since we were only passing through on our way to Canada. First stop was Portland. We have some friends that live here so we met up with them for breakfast. They love the state, because they love the outdoors and this is a very outdoorsy state. We met them at Bintliff's (a local legend). We had the orange French Toast and Louisiana Bayou Benedict. Both meals were fabulous and what a brunch/breakfast should be. Definitely highly recommended. FREEPORT is just up the road and famous for the headquarters of L.L. BEAN (massive store selling outdoors gear). I believe the store even has its own zip code. We ... read more