The 1st Anniversary - Maine, Day 1

Up at 4:00, 10 hours in the car, and here we are 550 miles from Syracuse in Southwest Harbor, Maine. I used to come up here to Mount Desert Island on summer vacations as a kid, but it's been 20 years since I was here last. It's nice to be in another place with strong family ties and good memories with Mina.

Anyway, we arrived and checked into the B&B and popped the cork on a bottle of Riesling we brought with us and had a snack of some nuts, fruit, and cheese on the deck outside our room. Looks nice, don't you think?

With the preliminaries out of the way, we were off for lobster at Beal's Lobster Pier. Fantastic. Better than I remembered. Lobster wrapped in parchment paper with some cole slaw. Beer.

Sated, I think we can last 18 hours till the first lobster roll for lunch...