No lobsters were harmed in the making of this trip.

Since I have the car up here in Boston right now, I was itching to drive up to uncharted territory, Maine. Melissa and Catharine were totally down for a day trip to the Pine Tree State (okay that nickname so doesn't work in that sentence...). And of course our intended day trip to Maine, where we would be able to relax on a beach, had the kibosh put on it since it was 55 and rainy, but we still headed north!

First stop - York Beach, ME. We had lunch at an awesome lobster house (although no lobsters were harmed in the making of this trip). We had a stunning view of the jetty and ocean. And I read up on how to eat a lobster since the placemat had lobster eating directions: you learn something new everyday! 

After lunch we headed over to the overlook to gaze out at the lighthouse and ocean. It was windy and misty, but something about visiting Maine seems to require wind, grey skies, and mist!

 We all decided that this was our dream house, look at that view, heck look at that porch!

This lighthouse was built in 1879 and was so picturesque. I think it would have been so fun to grow up the daughter of the keeper of a lighthouse. 

 We climbed out onto the jette for a better view. Some nice guy took our pictures, once we found a spot where the wind blew our hair out of our faces! I had to break out the jeans (on June 12th!) but hung onto the notion it is nearly summer by wearing flip-flops!

I then braved the insane rock cliff to climb out onto the other jette to get some more pictures. I went pretty far out and watched the waves get stronger as the winds picked up.  Another brave soul took my picture and you can really see how strong the wind was and how far I was from the pathway and the cars.

 Catharine and Melissa hung out on higher ground during my excursion on the jette!

 Then went and got some really good ice cream, I got some epic peanut putter and m&m ice cream, we hung out in the car since the mist was picking up. We then drove into the little town and walked around. There is this cute amusement park and zoo and we wandered around there for a bit as the mist began to become a bit more like rain.

On our way back south we decided that merely driving through New Hampshire (all 14 miles of it) didn't count as having visited the state so we pulled off I-95 and explored Portsmouth for a little bit, it was really charming and quite literally a port.

So two states in one day! Hooray, I've been to Maine!