We had a leisurely start this morning after the quick showers and grabbed a bite to eat in Saco. Know what folks eat for breakfast along the coast of Maine? Baygulls!! :)
From here we drove a bit back north to visit the lighthouses in South Portland. We were a bit disappointed when we drove up to what we thought was the most visited lighthouse. We first visited Spring Point Ledge Lighthouse which stands only 54 feet above sea level. Nathan said that it looked as if it had sunk into the ocean. The folks there said that this particular style of lighthouse was mass produced and that there were 46 others made exactly like it that could be easily assembled like an erector set. Nathan, Taylor, Samuel and I were all able to go up inside and see how the keepers lived. (Sadly Caleb was not quite tall enough, but he was big about it!) The rocks leading out to the lighthouse were all granite. We couldn't help but imagine how pretty it would be in our kitchen. (Up here they even use granite for their curbs!!) The sailboats out here were amazing, and the lighthouse is still very much in use today. After leaving this lighthouse it was on to the Portland Head Light. This lighthouse fit our idea of what a lighthouse should look like. We were told that that was one other nearby but that it was actually shorter than the first one we had seen.
Next we were on to Keenebunk. Here we found many more beautiful homes and fun looking little shops.
We drove on out to Kennebunkport in search of the Bush compound. It was not clearly marked as such, but had a guard shack, so we pulled in to ask if we had found the right place. The fella was not so friendly, indicated that this was it, and told us that we needed to back up. So we did. We were able to go down the road a bit and get some good pictures of it though. It takes up the entire peninsula. While in Kennebunk, we also saw Waldow Emerson's home built in 1796. We also saw the Wedding Cake House. Legend has it that the man who built this house was a mariner who had to quickly leave his bride to go the sea before they had even had their wedding cake. While he was at sea, he carved all the woodwork for this home and came back to build a wedding cake house for his bride.
We are now in Gloucester, MA. We were hoping to get here in time for a particular attraction, but that will have to wait until tomorrow. For tonight, as we were following our GPS, we managed to run right into a parade route, so we stopped to enjoy the festivites. It was a nice long parade with several fun floats and a few "colorful" ones. We also enjoyed several school bands and a bagpipe band. Then once it was over, we hopped back in the truck and successfully became a part of the parade. We fell in line and followed it through to the end. Caleb was hollering out the window, "Happy 4th from Memphis!" One guy saw the truck with the topper and said, "Cool, look at the SUV!" That was ceratinly not part of our agenda for the day, but a fun way to wind it down!
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