How beautifully leaves grow old. How full of light and color are their last days.
~John Burroughs
We have been to many states but neither one of us had ever been to Maine so we decided to take advantage of a four day weekend our kids had from school to fly up and see autumn up close.
DAY 1:
We spent the first day driving from Manchester airport to Portland. We took the scenic route along the coast. It was a beautiful sunny day but VERY windy!
Kittery, ME
York, ME
This seagull let me get really close to take his pictures...
Nubble Lighthouse...Mitchell was really disappointed we couldn't climb and then he realized it was sitting on its own little island and we couldn't even get close to it.
It was WINDY and we got wet from the spray.
Jason took the kids rock climbing...
DAY 2
We woke up early to drive to Lake Sabago to see Maine's foliage. There were many trees without leaves but behind every bend there were trees that took our breath away with their beautiful autumn colors.
Lake Sebago, ME
We enjoyed a walk in the woods...we followed a snowmobile path.
We had to stop to watch this guy fly fish for awhile.
Afterwards, we went to an apple orchard where we were able to pick our own apples. We took a hayride into the middle of the orchard and then walked back while we were picking apples. At the main station we enjoyed hot apple cider and apple donuts in front of a wood stove.
Cortland Apples
Main Camp
The wood stove...it felt good after being outside.
Apple donuts...Mmm!
The kids picked their first apple!
We ended the day by driving to Freeport and going to the LL Bean store where we bought the kids new ski jackets and pants for our ski trip in December. While there we visted a chocolate factory and broke our kids' hearts when we only allowed them to pick out one piece of candy. Before heading back to Portland we stopped and saw Eartha at DeLORME.
Kaitlyn told me tonight that this was the BEST vacation and she was glad we came. Our vacation is half over but we still have two more days to discover more of Maine's treasures.
