So this past weekend was fun! About a month or so ago my mom asked my sister and me to accompany her to Maine for her 40th Nursing School Reunion. So, we did! We had a girls weekend and it was a BLAST! We left EARLY Friday morning. I went and picked up my mom at 5:30am. On the way there I saw a mama bear and her 2 cubs playing in a trash can. Cute, but scary!
My mom and I left from the Colorado Springs airport and we met up with my sister in Denver. From there we all flew to Chicago and on to Portland, ME. Here we are on the plane:
Our first night we went to Barnacle Billy's for dinner. We all started with clam chowder, or clam chowdah as they say there. It was soooo good! We also had a few drinks with dinner. Back at the hotel my sister and I made ourselves some more drinks and went with my mom to meet up with her nursing school buddies. What a gang, so fun! A group of them had rented a cottage, and we went to their cottage to chat with them. We finally pried my mom away from reminiscing and went back to the hotel to put her in bed after a long day of traveling. Of course, then my sister and I decided we weren't tired and we wanted to go and check out the happenings in town, which was about a block away. So, we headed down there and stayed there till they shut the town down, which happens at 1am, so not very late.Next day my sister and I were scheduled for pedicures. I had found this place on line that was right in the center of town. I was cracking up while we were in there. It seems this beauty salon was THE PLACE to be in town during the day. There was a lady getting a blow dry there who was the owner of a the coffee shop/restaurant across the street. The next guy was apparently the owner of half the town. And people just kept streaming in from there. I did overhear the owner of the salon tell one lady that they made it a city ordinance that no franchises are allowed in the city of Ogunquit. Kind of nice, keeps it really a small town!
I was also cracking up while we were in there because so many women came in to get a 'blow dry'. We don't really do that in Colorado. If you go into a salon it's because you are going to get a cut and style, not just a wash and blow dry. Very interesting.
After that we met up with my mom who had walked the marginal way down to Perkins Cove. We did some poking around in the little shops and then went to the Lobster Shack for more lunch which was another bowl of clam chowder. It was at that point that I decided I was going to have clam chowder for every meal except breakfast while I was there. I did succeed at that goal!
The day was sunny, but a bit chilly and the weather people were saying that a Nor'easter was moving in for the next day. We were wearing several layers.That night was the reunion dinner. It was right at the hotel we were staying at. We accompanied my mom to dinner. After dessert, my sister and I decided we wanted to go and enjoy the hot tub. They said they had 2 outdoor and 1 indoor hot tub. The ladies were all teasing us that we should go in the outdoor one (it was about 35 degrees out).
We put on our suits and headed to the indoor one. When I put my foot in, it was COLD! We then found out the indoor one is not a hot tub, but a whirlpool. So, we braved the cold and headed for the outdoor hot tub. We did go and sit in the one right outside the dinner so the ladies could make fun of us!
The next day my sister and I went to breakfast at a Blueberry place right down the road. My mom met up with all her buddies. My sister and I shared Blueberry Mimosa's. They were soooooo tasty! My mom met up with us there and we poked around the center of town a bit before heading to the marginal way again for high tide. After we froze and took pictures of high tide we got in the car and headed to Kennebunkport. It was just starting to rain, so we were super bundled up to stay warm. We poked around the shops there and then ducked into a restaurant for a quick lunch when it really started to pour rain. We stayed there until the stores closed at 5pm and then went back to the hotel for a bit.
Later we headed out to dinner at one of our favorite places: Billy's Chowder House. I again, had chowder, and fried clam strips, YUM!!! I had been waiting for those! On the way to Billy's it had started to snow. It was still snowing when we left and when my sister and I decided to sit in the hot tub. So, yes, we were even crazier than the night before and sat in the outdoor hot tub in the snow. It was so cold that the hot tub was more like a warm tub. We didn't stay in too long. Even the alcoholic drinks we were having didn't help.
The next morning, we didn't have to be on the road to the airport until noon, so we had another leisurely breakfast with Maine Mimosa's at the Wild Blueberry and then poked around in some of the downtown shops we hadn't gotten to yet. Then we got on the road for the airport. It was a smooth, but long, ride home. After dropping off my mom, I finally got home by about 8:30pm.Kasey was still up, so I got to see her, but had to wait to see Courtney until this morning. One of the first things that Courtney said to me this morning was "I missed you Mommy!" Awww!
Ogunquit was beautiful. The leaves were changing colors, the town was decorated for Halloween, and we were right on the ocean. It was wonderful! We all had a really really good time!
I am home for 2 days before heading out again. My friend Cyndi is getting married this weekend, and I am the Matron of Honor. So, I head out to North Carolina on Thursday. I will be gone again for 4 days (3 nights). I have to say, it's hard being away from Hubby and the girls. I don't know how Hubby does it! So, I have been doing laundry all day, not only mine, but Hubby's and the girls as well, so that everyone will have clean clothes for when I leave again. Hubby seems to have fun with the girls while I was gone and the house was not in total shambles when I got home!
Kasey got up on all 4's for the first time tonight!!! We thought for sure she might crawl! She stayed like that for quite a while, so crawling is NOT far off!!! And her second tooth is ALMOST though. Man, she is growing up fast!
Well, I have got to go and get my Kasey and Hubby time in while I can!
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