Maine-ly awesome

We drove to Maine yesterday, which may sound like a long trip, but keep in mind that the states are teeny out here so we only drove for two hours. Why isn't really important, but ultimately we felt like going on a little road trip and we ended up having a fantastic day. We took the freeway (tolls included, ugh) up to Scarborough, ME which ended up not being all that interesting. From there we took route 1 south down the coast which was an awesome drive. It was beautiful! We drove through so many adorable little towns and all we did was point things out to each other. "Look! a waterpark!" "The ocean!" "Maine's largest zoo and amusement park!" "Pretty house!" "Empty hotel!"

The empty hotels were wierd. In Oregon, there isn't really a beach "season" so people go to the coast all year long. As we drove through Maine, there was snow on the beaches and the bays were frozen, so there weren't really a lot of tourists. Needless to say, there were a lot of resorts and restaraunts that were closed for the winter. It was a little unsettling to realize that everything was unusually dead, but we loved the drive all the same.

We will be going back. I was especially intrigued by the towns of Ogunquit and Cape Neddick. Maybe we'll go there. Two other things I liked about Maine:

How easy it is to utilize the word "Maine" in a clever business title. ("Maine-ly Pizza, etc)

Lobsters. I saw a restaraunt called "A Lobster in the Rough" which I thought was hilarious. There were lobsters everywhere.

We had a great day, and we came home feeling like we had a good New England experience. At one point Evan got to ride in one of those little rides that likes to hang out outside of stores, which was definitely his favorite part of the day.

I think it's a chicken. Right? I don't know why. Evan seemed to love it. Good times.