A Quick Trip to Portland

So the floor guy actually showed up and worked a very long day on Friday with the promise of finishing up on Saturday. Mike and I agreed that we both shouldn't go to NH because we needed to make sure he actually showed up and worked Saturday. Bummer. However, Mike being the wonderful husband and smart man that he is, he recommended I find someone to go up with me to hike so that I wouldn't be at home being pissed off about being in the construction zone and, in turn, wouldn't complain about it to him. Unfortunately, my search for a hiking partner was unsuccessful. Fortunately, my friend Tamara invited me to crash her plans to go visit our friend Jess in Portland, ME overnight. So, I ran home after work Friday, packed a small bag and headed up to Tamara's place to make the trip with her.

From Tamara's place north of the city, it only took about an hour and a half to drive up there. We met Jess and a friend of her's out for a couple of drinks and then got a semi full night of sleep to prepare for our Saturday morning activity, helping the Friends of Casco Bay do a clean up of Back Cove. Jess's friends from soccer, Vicki and Morgan (with her 14 month old son Sawyer in tow) also came out and the group of us spent a few hours digging for trash!

Tamara, Sawyer, Morgan, Vicki and Jess working cleanup at Back Cove

After doing our good deed for the day, we walked back to Jess's place via the farmers market where Tamara and I picked up some fresh veggies...yum! After cleaning up a bit, we walked about 15 minutes to the old port section of Portland where we had a lovely lunch and did some fun shopping at the great shops that are in that area. The day was very cool and cloudy, but not raining so we all stayed happy!

Self portrait in the Old Port - Jess, Tamara and Me! After a great day with the girls, Tamara and I headed back to MA. Thanks for hosting us Jess!

Oliver playing with the souvenir from Portland

Luci playing with souvenir (not visible) from Portland

Oliver hitting the kitty crack (aka cat nip) pillow from Portland