Maine...

Since school started, I haven't really had time to write...or do anything else for that matter. But we did got to Maine just before school started, and had an awesome time. So here was our itinerary:

Day 1 - Drive from NYC to Portland, Maine

The drive up was looooonnnnnnggggg, to say the least. The highlight of the drive was stopping at Cracker Barrel for some good food from down south. I had Campfire Chicken, which was like a half chicken wrapped in tinfoil and cooked with veggies and spices. The chicken fat and the sweetness of the veggies mixed into a sweet broth that collected in the tin foil. Yummy! The meet was so tender it just fell right off the bones. Ricky had fish and chips or something like that... it was good too. The fish was still moist after the frying... so good!

By the time we got to Maine it was already around sunset. So we took a brief walk around the Portland downtown area, and noticed that a lot of the stores and bars/restaurants were already closed. Bummer! But we did get solicited to board the Bay View Lady for a sunset cruise around in the Bay outside the city of Portland. Since our walk did not yield anything more interesting, we figured, why not! The cruise was lovely, the sun was setting, we got some amazing pictures. We drove by a rock with tons of birds sitting on it. Then past the Maine "headlight", meaning, the head lighthouse... so beautiful!

After dinner we went to J's Oysters for a seafood feast! Raw oysters, boiled lobsters, lobster stew, escargots, all delicious!

Day 2 - LOBSTER!!!!

Breakfast: Lobster benedict (not me, but many others)
Lunch/dinner: Boiled Lobster

So we didn't always eat lobster, but we spent all our time looking for lobster, cheap lobster. Well, there was apparently no such thing! We went to Eggspectation for brunch, Usa and Ray had been there before and recommended it. Turned out to be an awesome choice. The decor was adorable and the menu very creative uses of eggs, eggs everywhere!

After breakfast, we drove out to the Headlight. After seeing the headlight from after we were eager to see the most photographed and drawn light house of all time up close and personal. As expected the views were breathtaking!

After the Headlight, we drove south to Kennebunk and Kennebunkport. The place was cute! But too expesnive for us, full of upscale beachy houses, but more importantly, expensive restaurants we were not ready to pay for. We did buy a really cute lobster t-shirt!

For dinner, we ended up at "The Captain's" which looked like a nice local joint. The food was good but the lobster waws a little less fresh than we had hoped. The lobster stew was milky, like lobster meat in milk, a little weird, but definitely a lot of lobster!

Day 3 - Ogunquit

Ogunquit is a beautiful beach town. Very quiant, touristy, beachy, the Northeastern version of Key West. We headed over to Perkin's Cove, which appeared to be the tourist trap of the area, ah..whatever, it was beautiful. From there we took a lobster cruise where we learned all about how lobsters are caught, the regulations and stories surrounding lobster trapping. An interesting story...in Maine, lobster was once considered poor people's food. In fact, they used to feed lobsters to inmates at prisons. They fed them so much lobster to the point that the inmates revolted. In the end, they passed a law in Maine State that mey are not allowed to feed lobsters to prison inmates for more than once a week...umm yeah...they never get lobsters no more!

The highlight of our little lobster catching trip...they caught sea urchin, chopped it open, cleaned it and gave me some uni, yummy! How much more fresh can you get?

After the cruise, we had lunch at Barncle Billy's, super fresh lobster! They were actually still live until we placed our order....sorry little lobster, you have to end up in my tummy