Mid-October

Ken and I had a mini-vacation last week.  His brother and sister-in-law came for a visit.  They drove from Florida to Rhode Island to see their daughter's family.  I was delighted when they called weeks ago to say they wanted to come to Maine to see us.  We aren't really on the way to anywhere so it means a lot when people make the effort to visit.  Melvin gets around in a wheelchair so anything more than a short visit at our house, with its stairs and narrow doorways, was not going to work.  Ken and I made reservations at the same hotel in Bath so we could thoroughly enjoy their stay.  Ken is the youngest of nine and Melvin is his next oldest brother.  He and Ann were married and had started a family when I met Ken; we spent a lot of time at their house and especially enjoyed late nights playing pinochle.  While we didn't play cards this trip, we had a good visit.

The lovely new Hampton Inn is right on the Kennebec River ~

There is a new Frosty's in town so of course Ken and I walked over to get donuts ~

We stayed in the Mid-Coast area and had lunch at Moody's Diner in Waldoboro, where "pie fixes everything" ~

That was also where we saw the first pumpkin of the Pumpkin Festival which is based in nearby Damariscotta ~

That evening we drove to Baily Island, reachable by the Cribstone Bridge ~

It is the only bridge of its kind in the world, made solely of granite blocks without cement or mortar ~

It was a wonderful visit.  Now it's our turn to make our way to Florida ~