Hotel livin' is always fun.
Parties are worth some aggravation.
Home is the best.
We spent the weekend celebrating my cousin Jane's 70th birthday Downeast in Bar Harbor. For everyone, it was a 'destination party'. The driving distance between Portland and Bar Harbor is 175 miles. If you are headed that way by car, you haven't got too many choices. You can tackle Route 1, but summers it's packed with our visitors getting a piece of our 'vacationland' life. VERY slow going in places. You can take the Maine Turnpike all the way to Bangor, cut over to Ellsworth, hit Route 1 and drive a short distance, and you are there. Marchin and Donna traveled this route. They have EasyPass. Elenka, my sister Connie and I took 295 out of the city to Gardiner, and hopped on the turnpike for a very short distance to Augusta. From there it was Route 3 to Belfast, where we jumped on Route 1 and motored along through Bucksport, crossing the Penobscot Narrows Bridge, to Ellsworth and on to Mt. Desert Island and the quintessential Maine summer vista of Bar Harbor. The weekend was great fun with some family members that we don't often see as much as we'd like. Great time! More coming soon.
However, home is very nice too.
Birdman likes home.
You're always safe at home.
Glad you enjoyed it and yes, it's always nice to nestle in once back home. You are talking roads that I take often.! (though never go to Bangor in order to go to Bar Harbor) It's route 1, and then 3, or Augusta-Belfast-Bar Harbor. There are also some gorgeous back roads, like turn left onto 235 in Waldoboro-Union-Lincolnville Center, then 52 to Belfast. Nice photo!
ReplyDeleteThat time I visited Maine, I thought every road I took was gorgeous. That's quite a collection of bird houses!
ReplyDeleteNow, how many of these did you buy?
ReplyDeleteNo place like home.
ReplyDeleteThanks Dorothy!
DeleteHome is everything, thanks for sharing and greetings!
ReplyDeleteUnless, of course, a blizzard, tornado, or hurricane happen to close in on your home.
ReplyDeleteAll at the same time.
I'm always happy to get home! Love the shot!!
ReplyDeleteIt's always good to be back home... Love this picture!
ReplyDeleteYep, travelin's nice, but home is best.
ReplyDeleteI like adventures...
ReplyDeleteLove the picture. Cuckoo!
ReplyDeleteBelfast is a great place to shoot. Driving distance from the school in Rockport and never crowded.
Which house is yours?
ReplyDeleteA highrise!
ReplyDeleteI think I would choose a road trip in Maine to a grocery run in South Florida any day.
ReplyDeleteThis must be a condominium complex for the avian group.
ReplyDeleteEven though it took you longer to get to the party you saw something besides just the highway like those who took the quick and easy way out (or in, as the case may be)! Sounds like your cousin had a great party. I turned 70 this year and I didn't even dare tell anyone about it! And if you spread that around, I'll just deny it.
BTW, there is a photo just for you on my site tomorrow a.m.
This display was begging for a photo by Birdman.
ReplyDeleteClick your heels 3 times.............
ReplyDeleteSo many pretty and rugged birdhouses for Birdman.
ReplyDeleteNo matter where you go home is always the best.
ReplyDeleteMB
And no comment about this housing development?
ReplyDeleteIt has been years since I have been to Bar Harbor, so I have long forgotten how I got there. Your family does birthday very well. Mine is coming up. What time is the party?