Maine, York - Friday, July 3, 2015 - Hanging Out With Maddie

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO GRANDDAUGHTER MACKENZIE!!

We’ll be celebrating with Mackenzie when we get back to Indiana.  Right now we are having fun hanging out with our youngest granddaughter, Maddie.

We’ve been to Fun-O-Rama.

 

 

She made me a necklace for my birthday.

We’ve been to Toys Are Us to get her an early birthday present.

She picked out a puppy she can doctor.

She has stayed with us for an afternoon.  Watching a movie with the teddy bear daughter Desira made me, laying on the fuzzy cover for the motorcycle seat.  We were hoping this would lead to a nap.  She did doze off for a while.

Tonight we went to Texas Roadhouse with her and Jason and Robyn.

Texas Roadhouse has the best grilled salmon.

Tomorrow we’ll be watching fireworks on Short Sands Beach here in York.  The next morning we will be headed to Indiana.

Maine, York - Tuesday, June 30, 2015 - Long Sands Beach

Got my toes in the sand today, but not much in the water – the water was cold.

 

 

We spent the day at Long Sands Beach along with a lot of other people.

Maddie was looking fashionable as always.

 

 

Lots of seaweed washed up on shore, it was churned up during the storm a couple of days ago.  Huge clams get stuck in some of these bundles.

 

 

Jason was braver than the rest of us, he got out at least waist deep.

Maddie tried the boogie board.

The weather was beautiful today, just right for sitting and watching the waves come in.

Or taking a nap.

This little hermit crab was just going in circles.

After naps a different swim suit was in order for playing Frisbee.

Maddie and her friend Ryan having an important conversation.

Before we left Maddie had to bury Papaw’s foot in the sand.

Maine, York - Monday, June 29, 2015 - Long Sands Beach

Even though it is still a little cool and breezy, we walked about two blocks down Long Sands Beach after lunch.  Nubble Lighthouse is one of the most photographed lighthouses in the world.

 

 

Today the tide is still pretty high so the beach is more pebbles and rock than sand.

 

 

I’m guessing these are called beach roses, they smell like roses and have buds like roses but their blooms are much looser than the roses I am used to seeing.  There are quite a few milkweed plants mixed in with them, not sure if that is on purpose or not, but they are good for the Monarch butterflies so I hope they keep them.

 

 

There were some treasure hunters out plus a few hardy swimmers.

Last night the waves were crashing up to the top of those cliffs in the background, definitely much calmer today.

Flagg’s looks a little better today since it isn’t pouring down rain.  Greg found out how to get the sewer hooked up – but we are still stuck and just mostly level.

The rest of the afternoon is going to be spent doing laundry.  I think Greg went through darn near all of his clothes yesterday getting things done in the downpour.  It was raining when we left the Bar Harbor area and still raining when we got here so he unhooked and hooked us back up in the rain.

We have to get the food in our freezer and fridge used up before we get back to Indiana next week and put the coach in the shop for two or three weeks.  So, this evening we are putting together beef and noodles for supper, Robyn and Jason are fixing something to go with it.  We have steaks thawing for tomorrow night.  By the time we get through the week our cupboards should be about bare.

Maine, York - Sunday, June 28, 2015 - Flagg's RV Park

We’ve moved to York, Maine to be close to where daughter Robyn and her family will be staying for the next week.  They are our first stop on this summer’s “grandkids tour” so we are looking forward to spending some quality time with them.

It took us a little over four hours to get here this morning and it rained the whole way.  Some of the rains were heavy downpours blowing sideways because of the strong winds.  Not a good day for driving or for much of anything else.

We picked Flagg’s RV Park off of the internet because it was the closest one we could find to where Robyn and Jason are staying.  I think there are some others that don’t advertise that might be a better choice, we’ll look around this week and see what else is available in the area.  Right now we aren’t going anywhere, we are stuck until the ground dries out.  The sites here aren’t paved or gravel, right now just wet muddy grass.

Hopefully tomorrow it will be a little drier and Greg can figure out how to get our sewer hooked up.  The hook up for this sight appears to be a piece of PVC pipe sticking out of the ground in an elbow – nothing like what we normally hook up to.

We all went to Lobster Cove for dinner this evening.

 

 

I chose the Lobster Pie which was big chunks of lobster in lobster bisque baked with crumbs on top, pretty tasty.

I tried to get a couple of decent pictures through the window of the restaurant to show the huge waves crashing up on the shore.  It was too darn cold and windy to stand outside and try to take any others.

It’s in the low 50’s with very strong winds – not exactly weather for exploring the nice beaches they have here.  We are hoping for better weather for the rest of the week because we are just a block from the beach.