SACO, KENNEBUNKPORT, and THE BEACH (SEP. 21, 2009)

We’re in no hurry any more… And that’s a great feeling!
To get up and do whatever you want to do, at whatever pace you want to set, is definitely a blessing…
So… Why are we up and at ‘em at 7 sharp? If you find the answer, let me know…
Anyway, we called Chris Harmoney (Molly and Dave’s son from Lummi Island) to let him know we were at Old Orchard Beach, and that we had a case of his mom and dad’s home made wine all ready to be picked up…
Had to leave a message, and then took off to explore the area…
Luanne wanted to head down to Kennebunkport, so that’s what we did… Taking the “back” roads along the coastline all the way.
The Fall colors are now very prominent… Although we’re probably still a week, or more, away from the full blast… Oh, well… No matter… It’s wonderful to drive down shady lanes, and then, all of a sudden, there’s a tree or bush leaping out at you, all decked out in blood red, orange, or yellow…
Fantastic colors! Can’t get enough of them!
So… We get down to Kennebunkport, where we lucked out and found a parking spot right on the street (it turned out to be across the bridge in Kennebunk, actually, but who cares?), which gave us 2 hours of free parking… We spent the majority of that time browsing through every nook and cranny… Got myself another tee-shirt… I have one from almost everywhere I’ve been, so they’re beginning to pile up!
We were looking to have breakfast, but the time had run away from us, and all the places we checked only had lunch on the menu… But we lucked out.. A guy says there’s a place about half a mile up the street which serves breakfast all day… I ask, what’s the name… He says, “All Day Breakfast.” Funny!
We hoofed it up the street, and had wonderful calories, which we tried to walk off afterwards… Don’t think we succeeded…
From Kennebunkport we took Hwy 9 down toward the ocean… Needed to see the never-ending blue again, you know…
Took some back roads, and somehow ended up at a restaurant named “Wormwoods,” located along a very scenic inlet which is protected by a long breakwater… That’s neither here nor there… Just thought I’d throw that in there for your info…
Anyway, found out that President Bush, Senior, had been in there just an hour or two before we arrived, so that was kind of a bummer… Would’ve liked to tell him what I thought of his offspring, but, I guess, that’ll have to wait for another day…
After listening to the waitress’s blow by blow account of her encounter with the former “Prez,” we walked over to the local pier, where we witnessed four fishing buddies haul out a humongous blue fin tuna from their boat… The monster weighed 320 pounds! I have never seen a bigger fish in my life, and, wouldn’t you know it, I had left my camera in the truck, which was parked at the restaurant…
By the time we had ogled the fish, talked to the lucky, but tired, fishermen, gone to the truck, and driven it back to the pier, the “Big One” had been put into a refer-truck, where it was resting nicely on ice… Sorry, no pictures of that one, but, don’t despair… As I was contemplating hauling myself into the cold to get my picture, they hauled another “monster” up from the boat! It was not nearly as big as the first one, but, as you can see from the picture, it wasn’t a baby either… They hadn’t weighed it yet, but I’d guess it ran at least 200 pounds… So you can imagine how big the BIG one was…
Back at the trailer, I managed to lay down and finish another book, Swimsuit, by James Patterson… Pretty gruesome, but good writing!
Then Chris called back, and invited us to meet up with him and his wife, Katie, for dinner at one of their favorite spots, the “Run of the Mill,” in Saco…
Don’t trust either “Jack” or “Molly” very much any more, so we decided to take a dry run over to the restaurant, which was a good thing… Took us three tries to get the right establishment…
That settled, we headed down to the beach again, where we spent about an hour just strolling the shoreline… The noise of the waves as they roll against the sand is so soothing, so hypnotic, it’s easy to loose track of time, and before we knew it, it was time to head back to meet up with Chris and Katie…
We’ve never had the opportunity to actually meet Chris and Katie before, but, of course, we know Molly (no, not that Molly) and Dave, his mom and dad, and they had talked us into bringing Chris and Katie a case of their home-made wine, since we were going to go right by their door, so to speak…
Anyway, we were quite taken with both, and found them to be a delightful couple, easy communicators, and a lot of fun to spend time with… Matter of fact, we made a date to have breakfast with them next Saturday, at a place called Cole Road Café… Looking forward to it!
Well… That’s it for tonight… Got to be a bit longer than I thought, but I’ll try to shorten my next installment to make up for it… How’s that?
Take care, and keep in touch.
Pictures:
http://cid-44d18849bf3983e9.skydrive.live.com/browse.aspx/SACO%5EJ%20KENNEBUNKPORT%5EJ%20and%20THE%20BEACH%20%5E5SEP.%2021%5EJ%202009%5E6?nl=1&uc=44&isFromRichUpload=1