A Nice Afternoon

On Sunday we drove to Newburyport, Massachusetts and nearby Plum Island for the day. The weather was great and we had a relaxing day together. Newburyport is a cute seaside town in northern Massachusetts. A former co-worker in Arizona had once recommend that I take some time to visit Newburyport. The town reminds me of Portsmouth, New Hampshire but definitely has a more "Boston" feel to it.

Plum Island had all the charm of a New England beach town and had one feature that is rare up here - a nice sandy beach. Unfortunately the island still had quite a bit of debris from the nor'easter we had last week. That didn't prevent us from walking the beach and collecting shells though. All in all we had a great time.

Friends Visiting

Cher and Mark from Arizona are currently visiting us. My time is pretty tight this week with a midterm on Thursday, but we have already made a trip to Maine. We visited Freeport, Portland, and Cape Elizabeth yesterday which was quite fun. We spent a long time in the LL Bean mother store in Freeport shopping and then drove south to see the sights on Cape Elizabeth. To end the day we cruised Portland and went to the Sebago Brewing Company's brewpub where both the beer and the food were excellent. Last year we did a number of these brewery/brewpub stops and for some unknown reason the breweries in Maine are the most impressive. Must be the clean and cold water they use!

I think we may sneak out one more time this week and will likely go to Vermont to visit Ben and Jerry's and Burlington.