Goodbye Maine, hello DC

After Karen left we did a few more things we wanted to accomplish before leaving Maine.  We took a ride back to the town we lived in for 20 years, Deerfield, NH.  It looked pretty good.  They say you should never go back and we've certainly experienced that feeling in Atlanta and the Poconos, but Deerfield looked okay.  We also made a big loop into Bedford and had lunch at a Chinese place we used to frequent all those years ago, Chen Yang Li.  They now have grown into 3 locations.  We enjoyed our lunch with some good chinese food, finally.  Then we looped up into Concord and finally back to Wells.  We had another bowl of seafood chowder sitting on the seawall overlooking the ocean.  It was a gorgeous day and we were joined by at least 6-7 seals playing and eating just off shore, just far enough that even with Jan's big lens it was tough to get a good shot.

Our lunch location

A couple of the seals

We took a wonderful walk along the Marginal Way, a great paved walkway right along the rocky shore in Ogunquit.  Not too many folks and the day was perfect!

The Marginal Way

Along the way

We also got to see 3 more sunrises, took several long walks on the beach, and generally enjoyed ourselves.  We left Friday, visited my brother in PA overnight and then arrived at Cherry Hill Park in College Park, MD.  This is a highly rated campground and a perfect jumping off point to see the sights.  The bus even stops right here in the park.  So the two public transportation neophytes are going to give it a go on the metro.  Hopefully we'll survive :-)