April 24, 2009

We left Richmond Wednesday and arrived in Maine today, the 24th of April. We took a slow, leisurely drive through Pennsylvania Dutch country, spending a night in Lancaster, and enjoying some of that great Amish food! The drive to Hartford, CT, where we spent the night last night, was beautiful and actually quite relaxing. This morning we awoke to a beautiful sunny day with climbing temperatures and little wind. The drive to Maine did not take anywhere nearly as long as I thought it would, which was nice. 

We stopped to have lunch in Ogunquit. It was sunny, in the 70s. People were at the beach as this past week was spring vacation in Maine for the school children. Lunch was a lobster roll, a drink, some cheddar cheese chips, completed with a carrot cake cupcake with real cream cheese frosting! Just what I needed to help me lose some weight... NOT! But, I threw caution to the wind and ate it anyway! 

We ate dinner at Jimmy's the Greeks in Old Orchard Beach. I had mushroom ravioli in a creamed spinach gorganzola sauce, and, for the sake of my diet, some sauteed vegetables. After a tour of the restaurant by our son, the chef, we departed and headed for Borders, where, unfortunately, I found even more books to buy... and did.

Tomorrow we head to Wiscasset for the day! It's supposed to be even warmer, and still sunny!