Portland Bound

We are going to Portland today 7/5, I posted late. About a 2 1/2 hour drive south of here. Son Michael is flying in today in late afternoon. The rest of us are getting an early start, or trying to get one, and go to Peaks Island and later to a Sea Dogs game. The Sea Dogs are the Red Sox farm team in Portland. Minor league baseball at its best.

We have a few issues here before we go. The water heater is screwing up and we are getting little to no hot water. I don’t really care. My shower was warm, not hot. But, my 22 year old daughter get hit by cold water. OMFG!!! The world ended! She was screaming and crying and shivering. To which I gently say, shut the hell up. No one cares. Insensitive? I think not. Its cold water, not poison. Drama queen. So far this has cost us 35 minutes of our day waiting on her.

We got going by 8 o’clock. Wow we can get moving early. Non descript drive down 295 and managed to find parking at the waterfront. We walked to terminal and managed to make the 1015 ferry to the island. Only takes 15 mins to island.

Walked around for about 45 mins and went to lunch at The Peaks Island House

After lunch we walked around the island some more then went to dock to wait for ferry. Uneventful trip back but the day is beautiful. Sunny and warm with gentle breeze. Very nice.

Upon return we stopped in an oyster bar for drinks and oysters duh. Nice place with cheap happy hour drinks and cheap happy hour oysters. Good combo.

At this point I left the group to go to the Portland Jetport to pick up Michael. Plane was 30 mins late. Great. Finally got him and we drove back to Portland to pick up the crowd from some other bar they were in and took off to Hadlock Field, home of the Sea Dogs. They played New Hampshire Fisher Cats at 7pm
Great game. Scoreless till 8th. Sea Dogs error gave NH two runs. That held up and we lost.

2 and half hours back to the camp. 50 miles of nighttime road work just for fun.

But, fun never ends. We had to play musical beds when we got back cuz we did not have one for Michael. Emily and I decided to sleep in the trailer. Great. The roof leaks it turns out. Had a couple days rain after we arrived and some got in. Not to severely wet but the lining of the trailer is a wood bead board paneling. That’s buckled across the roof. And it “feels” wet. We slept soundly and well anyhow. Still very comfortable. No plans for tomorrow. Maybe buy a sleeper sofa.