Portland, ME

We docked here this morning and lo and behold the sun is shining!  It is a beautiful day.  I missed Kay and Judy’s instructions and Debbie and I finally get ready and head to the Windjammer for breakfast.  We don’t see them so sit elsewhere.  We later find them and Kay admonishes me for not paying attention to her text messages…I promise to do better next time.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We come back and grab our things and head to the gangway.  It is quite a hike to the terminal building from the ship with a series of catwalks to maneuver along the water.  The four of us have been here before but we all love it so we had a great time walking around the Old Town part of the city and dock.  The locals were out in force as well since it was such a beautiful day.  Most of them were walking with their dogs.  We met one large dog who was very personable whose name was Fenway (after the park).  He was a “doodle dog” of some sort but we saw him everywhere we went today.  They had vendors along the waterfront and we all had a great time looking through all the things they were selling.  Many purchases were made.  We stopped for ice cream and a drink then continued walking through all the stores and shops and found so many cool things.

 

We stopped for lunch at a place recommended by a family member of Kay and Judy’s called Gilbert’s.  We all had a bowl of clam chowder in a sour dough bread bowl.  It was quite good but we decided that yesterday’s was better in Bar Harbor.  No matter, we had a great day.  Kay and Debbie were on a quest to find blueberry pie and Judy and I were tired so we headed back to the ship.  Shortly after we were back, Kay and Debbie arrived with a whole blueberry pie!  Kay went to the buffet in the Windjammer and got some plates and we ate in their cabin.  It was good, but no match for the one we had at the West St. Café in Bar Harbor yesterday.

It was a great day and we will be sailing soon.  Everyone is getting ready to get off tomorrow and we are lucky to be staying on.  We do have things to do and we have decided to bypass dinner tonight.   We had a late lunch.  We want to go look at our photos we had taken last night and Debbie wants to play in the casino tonight.  We are passing on the show.  It has been a fun and laid back cruise.  We are looking forward to the other gals joining us in Boston tomorrow.