Another morning in southern Maine....and it's a doughnut morning. Mmmmm, doughnuts. So a quick trip to Congdons, and we returned with....one doughnut. One giant foot wide doughnut to be precise. After a brief tussle, it was determined that this doughnut could indeed feed our family of four, with some leftover. (Of course the whoopie pie sample also came back from the doughnut shop...so there is some sustenance for later.....)
We then decided that the sugar rush demanded some nice walks on the beach. And Rich and Katharine pushed Yvonne to walk the full distance along the ocean, all the way to the free parking area of the beach, at least a mile round trip. The ocean breeze kept things relatively cool for a warm summer day, making for some pleasant exercise. We did have some sea birds swimming nearby who acted kind of like a pace-car to keep us motivated. Still, resting is nice.
Then it was off for lunch at the Stolen Menu Cafe, a fun sandwich shop in York with a pretty extensive menu. The town of York Beach offered us a traditional candy shop with taffy-pulling machine, and some successful souvenir purchasing in York Beach, while Rich caught some quiet time at the beach. Then we journeyed forth to the Nubble Light in Cape Neddick. In 1977, when NASA sent Voyager II into space to photograph the outer solar system, it was also loaded with artifacts designed to teach possible extraterrestrial civilizations about our planet. One of the images it carried was a picture of the Nubble Light. But not this picture (no extra-terrestrials will be dropping in to visit Ken and Yvonne):
A dinner at Billy's and some computer troubleshooting, and then we'll turn in. Tomorrow we're expecting some rain, and thought it might be a good day to visit the shopping mecca of Maine....L.L. Bean.
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