Each year we take a trip to one of our favorite places – Ogunquit, Maine at Perkin’s Cove. There are restaurants with wonderful food and shops with all kinds of things indigenous to Maine to purchase. I always buy another sweatshirt from one of the stores there. I now have five of them. They are so nice and wear well. Can’t help buying another one each year.

These photos are of our trip there over the Piscataqua River Bridge. There was a little color along the way too. It was wonderful to get away to recharge and refresh ourselves. Now I am ready to get back to work on the next WIP.

This year we stayed at a different place, Anchorage by the Sea, because I couldn’t get a room at our usual one at Auberge by the Cove. It is lovely and so convenient to go shopping and dining in Perkin’s Cove. It is quaint and a perfect place to take a stroll as you shop or dine. There is even a couple of boats to take you on a tour of Nubble Lighthouse or on a lobstering trip to demonstrate how they catch and retrieve lobsters.

Anchorage by the Sea is at the opposite end of Marginal Way. It is located on Shore Road which leads to the center and more shops and restaurants.

We dined at two Barnacle Billy’s Restaurant next door to each other. One is more for lunch with an ice cream stand on one end. I had to have a Death by Chocolate cone the first day after dinner. Well worth the calories! Loved it!

The other restaurant belongs to them too but is a little more polished and also overlooks the boats in the Cove. The prices are up there everywhere you eat in Perkin’s Cove. One restaurant, Oarweed, burned down last December. We hope to see it up and running next year. It serves food that is delicious but less pricey than the other restaurants. That could change next year after they are opened again. They have to pay for the new building. We open our wallets each year to enjoy our time away. We will save up again for next year. It is well worth the price just to be there. We have wonderful memories and a lovely time.

I have shared many photos below of our trip. It was only for a few days and two nights but it was enjoyable. We had good weather the first day and a half. It began to rain after we had already taken our walk on the Marginal Way which is a mile long one way alone the ocean. It was so beautiful and picturesque. There were many other people taking the walk at this time with the warm weather in the 70’s. We were all bundled up thinking that it was going to be cool and had to cast off our jackets.

It is well worth a yearly trip to experience the beauty of Maine.

Here are some photos of our walk on Marginal Way. The first phot is of a lovely couple we met on our Marginal Way walk. We stopped to take a picture of them when they asked and started a conversation. After several minutes we were still talking about everything and anything. Carole and I really hit it off and hope to keep in touch. We found we had so much in common. I look forward to speak with her again soon.

Photos above are all the beauty around Anchorage by the Sea and along Shore Road shopping area.

We stopped for breakfast at our favorite place – Egg and I. I loved their pancakes with strawberries and whipped cream! I would share a photo of it but I ate most of it due to hunger! Haha!

Here are a few photos of the place and our waiter who was a character.

We were fortunate to have some beautiful weather until later on our second day. The day we left was rainy and overcast. We didn’t mind that since we were on our way home. I snapped some photos of the changing colors along the road and the evidence of the beauty that is still to come.

I love traveling, but it is always wonderful to return home to my comfy bed and pillow and familiarity of my personal things. Also, I will most likely eat less too. Sigh! I had my fill of lobster! So delicious! Nothing like it in Maine.

I hope you enjoyed my photos and will one day visit beautiful Maine. It is one of the most beautiful states in the northeastern part of USA.

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