Aug 28, 2012 - Antiquing & Whirlygigs

Jim and I were on our own again. There were a couple things in the Wells and Kennebunkport we wanted to go back and check out. There were lots of antique shops along the way. Jim and I love looking in the shops. Never buy, don't need anymore "stuff". But as Jim says, they're like museums where you can "touch". Back in Kennebunkport we at at "The Clam Shack". It was a winner on Food Wars for their lobster rolls. We ordered a lobster roll and 1 lb. of steamers (steamed clams) to split. Well, feel the "foodies" that judged this lobster roll...

Aug 4, 2012 - "Let's Get Crackin'" ****"Wells Beach Resort", Wells Maine

The five-hour (200 miles), bumper to bumper traffic, trip from Connecticut to Wells, Maine, was worth it! Oh my, the traffic. As I have mentioned before, for some reason I was not expecting the amount of traffic, people in this area. Think "Gatlinburg" on steroids and on the sea! We found a wonderfully expensive rv resort to stay tonight. Normally we do not stay in "resorts" but am grateful to have anyplace to park. Every bed 'n' breakfast, cottage, inn, hotel has "no vacancy" hanging in front. We had driven through lunch and was starved...

May 31, 2011 - Last Day in Wells

We drove about 10 miles to Kennebunkport this afternoon. This beach town is filled with vacation homes for the rich and famous, including the Bush's compound. The picture only shows the main home, which sits on its own peninsula. Also on the peninsula are several small homes (probably for the Secret Service or staff), a guard post at the entry gate, and several large black sedans. There is the obvious fence surrounding the property. This property is guarded 24/7, even when the Bushes aren't there, since both former presidents use it. Bill...

May 30, 2011 - Wells, Maine

We’re now about five miles south of Kennebunk, Maine, about a mile from the seacoast. When we arrived yesterday afternoon, this campground was packed (there are over 240 sites in this park). We watched 95% of them leave this morning, and now there are just a handful of us still here. We love the peace and quiet! Unfortunately, as if we haven’t had enough excitement already on this trip, we found out from our son yesterday that we have a serious plumbing problem back home. We have sewage that has backed up into both toilets and both...

Oct 5, 2010 - Wells, Maine

It was an easy drive from Conway, New Hampshire to Wells Beach, Maine. We are staying at a wonderful campground, Wells Beach Resort, right on Route 1. It is rated one of the top 60 campgrounds by Trailer Life, and we could see why. The turns were easy, lots were spacious, and everything was very clean. We found the Maine Diner up the road, a place that had received awards for their chowder and seafood and was featured on the Today show. It was nothing fancy, but the staff was friendly and the clam feast exceeded all expectations: a cup of...

Jul 15, 2009 - Exploring Wells Beach

Last night, it was surprisingly quiet here at the park and we both slept like babies. This morning, the bright blue sky and scattered clouds greeted us with a nice breeze blowing. A perfect morning to walk on the beach. The local weather guessers call a day like today "times of clouds and sun" instead of partly cloudy. But we'll take it any way. -- We walked out to the front of the park and caught the local trolley that runs through the little coastal towns in this area of Maine. For a dollar, we were able to ride down to Wells Beach, which...

Jul 14, 2009 - We Are In Maine!!

It has taken me 65 years, but I am finally in Maine! I can now cross off the Number One item on my Bucket List. Oh yeah, John is here too. -- We only had to travel about 35 miles today and our reservation showed a check-in time of 1:00 pm, so I didn't have to get up early. John was really pretty patient and waited until 10 o'clock to start getting ready. -- We decided to stick to Highway 1 and stay off the interstate. It was probably a lot slower going, but we like it that way. We traveled through New Hampshire and several little towns...

Aug 14, 2008 - Wells, Maine

We've arrived in Wells, Maine. According to the Chamber of Commerce, Wells is one of the finest family vacation spots anywhere, offering seven miles of coastline, the nationally recognized Wells Estuarine Research Reserve at Laudholm Farm and the Rachel Carson National Wildlife Preserve. We met with Charles and Letty Davis this evening for dinner. They're old friends from Jupiter, FL and moved to Maine in 1999. Weather is cool this evening: 62 F. Forecasting showers and thunderstorms tomorrow afternoon and Saturday. They're over 9 inches...

Jul 3, 2008 - Laying low in Maine

A side trip to Plum Island Thusday, July 3 Today we're headed for Maine, but before we left we decided to see a little more of the Massachusetts coast. So we got on Highway 1 south and backtracked to the town of Newburyport, which is the gateway to Plum Island. Both town and Island lie north of Ipswich and the Gloucester peninsula. It would have been nice to see Gloucester, but there just isn't time this trip through. Newburyport is a clean, pretty town at the mouth of the Merrimack River. The streets are a little narrow but we navigated...

Oct 2, 2007 - Wells ME

Oct. 1 finds us going about 64 miles to our new campground Sea-Vue for 3 nights. Our first night here we had a Lobster dinner (also Prime Rib for those who are not seafood lovers). Guess who does not eat seafood? Some loved the lobster and some didn't really care that much, especially the mess while eating it. Oct. 2 we had a tour to the Seashore Trolley Museum. We took a trolley car ride on two different trollies and several restored trollies. We had no idea there was so many different trollies and came from all over. They explained the...

Sep 2, 2007 - Motorhome Time, Wells, Maine

Sunday-Tuesday, September 2-4, 2007 Sunday, September 4, 2007 We took a lazy day to get ready for sightseeing in Maine and to make reservations when we return to New Hampshire and Vermont. We had problems with being able to use our cell phones. Finally Rick went outside to make his calls. He made reservations in Gansevoort and Buffalo, New York. Later in the day we couldn't get onto the internet. Rick went down to the office and they said their server was working fine. After a couple of hours it still didn't work so Rick took his laptop to...

Jun 13, 2006 - Wells, Maine

We drove to Wells Maine today and ended up camping at the "Sea Vue" Campground. It is really pretty here. We drove to Kennebunkport and looked around the area. We also took pictures of the George Bush's family summer home at Walker's point. We plan to leave soon for another lobster dinner.