Halloween; Portland and Lebanon, ME

Halloween day we tore ourselves away from the Gunther party house, and drove to Portland.  We were able to park a few blocks from the wharf and walk around.  We bought mussels and clams for dinner at a fish market, the front has a sidewalk and the back has a dock, and it smells like a fish dinner!

After that we stopped in a bar to split an appetizer of fried oysters & clams, and this carved painting was on the wall.  Good catch fisherman!

The downtown area is sort of hip I guess, there are lots of bars, and breweries.  I think you'd need to stay here for a week to check them all out.

Elliot and I got a kick out of this Halloween storefront:

Earlier in the day, we were passed by a couple death eaters chasing Hagrid on his motorcycle.  (no, it was just a truck burning a lot of oil)

Around 5 we arrived at our destination near Lebanon ME.  Our boondocker hosts started up a nice bonfire, and there was another family staying there also;  they are traveling for more than a year so far, and have 5 children from from about 7 to 16.  We all had a great time talking and connecting!

Today we went for a couple of bike rides and had a general slow day.

 

What's a good caption for this homestead?  We found this on our bike ride, and I was thinking maybe we'll set up here next.  It's got a lake, a boat, a trailer and a trailer, and a bulldozer to tow them all with.  And it might take the bulldozer to move any of them.

 And tomorrow we're off toward Cape Cod.