Well So Much for That

My grand plans of sneaking covertly onto the open wireless networks of Maine backfired in a cloud of misty ocean views, hot sunny days, paddling in Penobscot Bay and red wine. Well OK...probably mostly red wine.

We spent the first week in July staying in a delightful little two bedroom cottage in Bayside Maine which is right on the shores of Penobscot Bay. The cottage had a deck leading by stairs to a pebbly beach and so Shaz and I spent many happy hours sitting and chatting while the kids poottled around collecting "treasure". I had forgotten how it feels not to be immersed in the hustle and bustle of a US health sciences university campus.

One of the highlights of the week was the food. I am a seafood hound and there was fresh lobster and crab in abundance. Perhaps the greatest treat however was being able to stagger down the stairs to the beach and gather bucket fulls of mussels for steaming in garlic. The delightfully simple pleasure of this was magnified by the fact that Maine, for some reason, has lashings of excellent cheap red wine wherever you turn. What a treat!

Despite the fact that we spent an entire week in Maine, there really isn't much to blog about it which, lets' face it, must be a blessed relief to anyone who might read this (Hi Bergy).

Here are some pics.....