Summer Vacation - Part 2 - Kennebec

On Sunday morning we attended church in Boston and then headed north to Maine! Our next location was Kennebec.

Views on the Scenic Byway

 We arrived at our camp in the afternoon and it was a beautiful day. The mosquitoes were in full force here which I thought was strange since it was quite a bit cooler there (in the 70s the whole time we were in Maine) and it didn't feel very humid. Even with bug spray on they would come at ya and find the place where you had missed. This led to weird locations for mosquito bites...ex. ear lobe, neck, toes, forehead. There was quite a bit of poison ivy there as well. Ronnie got some and I had my first spots of poison ivy on my face...

For dinner we made foil dinners that we promptly burnt.... 

At least we had some jiffypop....delish!

 ...And some smores.

We had some very lively squirrels around our camp. They were hanging out around us all the time. Not scared at all. This one below was especially bold. We came back from taking showers and there he was eating the ground beef in the pan we had left out. We were right there and he didn't care one bit. They also tried to jump in our car. This guy almost made it in before I could run over there and close the door! Sheesh!

Now the main reason to visit Kennebec was to white water raft! This was so fun and my first time doing this. Ronnie has been before a couple times in WV and Colorado. Of course we didn't take our camera which was such a shame because the views were awesome and we could of had some great pics but we might buy a couple the company we went through took. See below.

We really enjoyed Northern Outdoors. They had a great lunch for us mid raft trip and they were very organized and friendly.

I got whacked in the face by the water myself and the water was cold!

The next day we took a trail to Moxie Falls. 

Here are the first falls you come across. Beautiful! 

 Now Ronnie is at the top of....

 ...this fall. So cool.

 We had to get creative with the self timer!

Overall this was a beautiful place and the only sad part was we didn't see a moose and we were driving up and down "Moose Alley" quite a bit. O well. The other thing is that we wished we had stayed in this area longer to go up to Baxter State Park or something. It was so quiet and peaceful. Live and learn I guess.

Stay tuned for more of our adventures in Maine!

Summer Vacation- Part 1 - Boston

Ronnie and I took a little summer vacation this past week. We started by crossing the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel, passed through Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, and finally Massachusetts. After $55 in tolls and holiday traffic we were totally tired when we got to Boston. So when they said it was $35 a night to park, we were like..ummm..no. We found a meter and parked there for the night. They get ya coming and going there! But other than that we did have fun exploring the city for a day.

First we visited the Boston Temple. Learn more here http://www.mormon.org/. It was a beautiful day!

 Then we went back to the hotel to change, parked at the mall for $3.99...it would have been a million dollars at the hotel.... and then walked over to downtown Boston.

 As we were walking we came across this wading pool in the park. Everyone was swimming and having fun. It was an unexpected sight!

Then we followed the Freedom Trail around Boston.

 Here is a historic church.

 Paul Revere's Tombstone

 Boston Massacre occurred here.

We came across this crazy farmer's market. It was so big and busy. We got lost of the trail for a minute but we found our way soon enough. 

 Paul Revere's home and oldest house in Boston.

The Old North Church were two lanterns were lit. 

 After we followed the Freedom Trail we went back to the hotel to have dinner. Ronnie had his first raw oysters and a nice lobster dinner. :)

We had a good time in Boston. It was a perfect day to walk around and enjoy the weather. Stay tuned for our next (and main) destination. Maine!

Family!

Ronnie's birthday was Wednesday! His birthday started off right...we found the bunny that has been eating up our garden and flowers in our trap. Ronnie let him go at a park in town.

Some of my family happens to be in town this week. My brother and sis-in-law Chelsea and her brother Peter. Also, my aunt Emily and her hub Jed and my cute cousins. They all came over on Ronnie's birthday for cake and ice cream.

I made Ronnie a chocolate cake with chocolate frosting.

On Thursday, most of the family went to the beach. Ronnie, Cory and my dad had to work. :(

It was a blast!

Today they all went to the Wright Brothers Memorial in NC....and I'm off to work.

Happy Summer!

Beach Season

Today was our first beach day of the season and it was beautiful! The sky was blue, the water was blue and the sun was shining.

There were schools of fish close to shore that were drawing in the dolphins and pelicans and they gave us quite the show! The people next to us were fishing and were catching lots of fish. It was like you could go out and just grab one. They also caught a couple of small sharks that they let back in the ocean.

The only bummer was that I forgot my camera so all I have are a couple of cell phone pics.

Ronnie and I awkwardly walking towards our chairs. Mom had her iPhone out....

It felt so refreshing to get outside and enjoy the weather and the beach. I see lots more beach days in my future! :)

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New Friends

We have new friends!

Meet some old friends...that don't scare like they use to!

Any ideas how to keep birds, bunnies and squirrels away???

Thursday Bizzareness

We are currently looking for a new paralegal at Ronnie's law firm. It has been quite the challenge. We posted a listing on craigslist and have conducted a few interviews. We thought we had the perfect candidate. She had worked for an attorney for several years that Ronnie knows as a good attorney but she had to suddenly quit due to her husband's death in the military. Now she is looking to start up again as a paralegal. She had worked for this previous attorney for 8 years or so and he was like a father to her. She worked as his office manger/paralegal. It seemed like she would be a good fit so we were going to offer her the position.

Or so we thought....

Ronnie happens to be working with her previous employer on a case and asked him about our potential candidate. The attorney said he did not know who this person was. His wife had been his office manager before he started working for a new firm. He thought maybe he didn't remember right so he said he would ask his wife and call Ronnie back. About 30 minutes later he called Ronnie and said that his wife also did not remember this woman. He keeps up with his previous paralegals, some working for him as far back as 1991.....

So word for the wise...when hiring off of craigslist, always check references! haha.

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We have been looking in our toyota highlander handbook tonight and found a couple funny phrases....looks like they need to get a better proof reader.

"Cross rail adjustment - make sure the cross rails are locked securely by pushing forward and rearward them."

"It is not designed for cornering at the same speeds as ordinary passenger cars anymore than low-slung sports cars designed to perform satisfactorily under off-road conditions."

Anyways, hope everyone is having a good week!

Before and After

Before

After

Ronnie's car is officially dead. We had someone tow it away this morning. On Memorial Day we bought our new (to us) car and we picked it up today. We're excited for the new addition! It just so happens that I had been wanting this exact car for a while...like since we got married. We orignally had our eye on another car but then we went to see this one and it just worked out that we got it. I guess good things come to those who wait. Now lets just hope this works for other aspects of our lives. Like kids....we got the car...now comes little peeps to fill it...right?!?!? I hope so!

P.S. Excuse the gloomy pics. It's been raining ALL day!

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