Journey of Motherhood

After 25 years I think I am still suffering from postpartum depression.

Maine - but where are the moose?

We loved Maine. We went for 10 days in May 2009. Not the warmest time of the year to visit Maine, but the crowds were zero. The weather was overcast, but not terribly cold - light jackets and we were fine.

We discovered East Coast fish and especially loved haddock. Apparently the haddock story is a success story, because a few decades ago haddock was pretty much fished out in those waters. But they are back and it is wonderful - light texture and wonderful flavor.

We stayed near Rockport, which is famous for its lobster festival in August (or is it July?). But we enjoyed lobster, clams, Maine shrimp, oysters, crab, etc. etc. We ate fish/seafood twice a day, every day!

We flew into Portland, but that might not have been the closest airport to Rockport. We drove for hours to get to Rockport and decided to just chill and enjoy the drive. Perhaps we should have gone into Augusta (which by the way is a very depressing capital city/town). We did make it to Bar Harbor and Acadia National Park, which has its lovely spots, but it isn't Yosemite.

The other thing that was a huge surprise is the excellent local beer - a nice variety of good beer. Shipyard, Sebago, Stone Coast, Atlantic Brewing are just a few.

The biggest disappointments is that we were too early to get fresh wild Maine blueberries and we did not see any moose. In fact we see more wild life around our house in Fremont, CA than we saw in Maine. Well, the solution? We need to go in the summer and go farther North towards Canada. Hey, haddock is worth a second trip to Maine.