Scarborough, Maine-- Day #1

 My husband and I headed out for a weekend away in Maine, just the two of us, as a birthday celebration for me.  It was a last minute plan so we took a gamble on staying in a new place and had a great time.  

It looked like we were in for some cooler and somewhat dreary weather for the weekend but I was cheered to see the sun peeking through that morning as we were packing up.

I wore jeans and a new halter top for the drive but brought along a cardigan too.

The whole way up to Maine it would cloud over then the sun would peek out and then it would cloud up again.  Since check in at our hotel wasn't until 3 and we arrived in Maine just before noon we decided to head to Kittery and do some shopping.  

I picked up a new rain jacket at the Kittery Trading Post and then we swung into Talbots where I picked out lots of things to try on... and quite a few to purchase! 

Jeans, a poncho sweater for fall, two tank tops and an embroidered pair of shorts

We stopped at the York River Landing to eat lunch.  We always get ice cream from the stand in the back but had yet to eat at the restaurant.  My husband got clam chowder; which we shared and a lobster roll with cold lobster and mayo.  I ordered a baked haddock sandwich and it was so good!  The food was so filling that we had no room for dessert.  

We decided to take the scenic route to our hotel and drove through Ogunquit, Wells, Saco, etc.  They are all such cute beach towns and while I have been to York, Kittery and even Old Orchard Beach more times than I can count we hadn't seen much of these other beach towns. They are all pretty cute and loaded with shops, restaurants, ice cream stands etc. 

We arrived at our hotel just a few minutes after their check in time.  We loved our room!  Scarborough is a quiet beach town that doesn't have much in the way of shops and things and I couldn't find any waterfront hotels or anything either but our hotel is set just one block away.  Since we had a corner room on the ocean side on the top most floor we could just see the waves from our windows. It's an old historic hotel and while the lobby and many of the common area features are quite dated (with slanted floors, creaky stairs/ no elevator) the rooms have all been redone and were lovely.

After settling in we went to walk the beach.  The sun was just starting to come out from behind the clouds and most people on the beach were in sweatshirts or wrapped in their towels/ blankets.  We had both changed into shorts to walk the beach and since it was low tide we got to walk the whole thing.  

we found lots of little crabs in all the tide pools

You can't really tell from the photos but the waves were huge and rough and there were a lot of surfers out taking advantage of the storms swells left behind by tropical storm Elsa the day before.

We still weren't all that hungry so we decided to skip dinner altogether and just get some ice cream.  We found a place nearby called Bayley's that makes their own ice cream and cones.  

I got chocolate raspberry truffle on a chocolate and heath dipped waffle cone; it was amazing!  Chocolate ice cream with thick swirls of raspberry and little chocolate candy cups filled with raspberry.

We drove by part of the Eastern Trail which is a hiking/ biking trail that runs from south Portland to Kennebunkport.  We walked just a small portion of it.  With low tides in the marsh we got to see lots of birds. 

And that wraps up day 1! I'll be back with day #2 on Wednesday. 

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