Adventuring is Exhausting

 After breakfast at L130 in Shapleigh, we came home, reorganized and headed to Bailey Island and the Land's End Gift Shop.  I wanted some new placemats and that's the only place I have found the ones I like.  It's only a 90 minute trip up the coast, past Brunswick, then down one of the many fingers of land the poke into Casco Bay.

Photo from easytravellife.com

One of the coolest things about this ride is the trip over the cribstone bridge between Orr's and Bailey Islands.

Photo from enjoytravellife.com

We parked in the small lot across from the gift shop.  I went in to find the placemats and Bill got Tessa out of the truck.  As far as we know, this is her first visit to the ocean.  

While she did get her feet wet, she didn't venture very far into the water.  I'm sure it was cold!  She did enjoy wandering around the seaweed and the rocks and smelling all the new smells.  

Who's a good girl?

We wandered around a little, followed the path to the other side of the gift shop and took a couple of pictures.  It was a beautiful day, full sun and the temp was 59*, although with a light breeze, it didn't feel that warm.  

We headed back to the truck and headed home. Thankfully, adventuring finally wore Tessa out!  WooHoo!!!  She hardly ever sleeps in the truck (or the car).  This was a treat.

It was not easy finding a bathroom in the area but BIGS, the Bailey Island General Store, had a decent port-a-potty available for the public.  We tried to get Starbucks iced coffees in Brunswick but it closed at 2:00.  All the Wendy's in the area were closed, like in closed permanently, so we ended up grabbing a bite and iced coffees at McDonalds since it was already after 3:00.

We got gas at Sam's for the bargain price of $3.35/gallon (thanks Joe Biden) and were home by 5:00.  

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Tessa's New Adventure

Today is Labor Day weekend already.  Where did the summer go?!

Since this morning was cool enough, Tessa went to breakfast with us at L130.  The driveway is gravel and every time someone drives by, it creates a ton of dust, so we have chosen to eat inside.  Tessa waited in the truck, with a nice treat.

At home, I cleaned and filled the birdbaths, filled the birdfeeders and watered the front garden.  Bill went to Lowes to get a new clip for Tessa's black leash.  We are hoping to avoid a repeat of our last excursion, where the leach came loose!

We left around 1:00 and drove to Two Lights State Park in Cape Elizabeth.  As senior Maine citizens, we don't have to pay an admission fee.  Woohoo!  One of the perks of getting older. ;o)

We found a nice table on the back side of the path along the rocks and settled in with our two chairs, two bags and cooler.  We purchased a travel mat for Tessa to lay on, covered it with a towel and gave her another tasty treat.  Our plan was to sit and read but we were both keeping an eye on her along with people and dogs walking by.  

She was so good.  She doesn't really care about other dogs,  is excited to see them and really wants to say "hi" and play.  The only noise she made was to whine when other dogs passed her by.  She would trot to the end of her leash but didn't lunge or pull.  She loves seeing people and would be happy if every single one stopped by to pet her.  

We stayed for a couple of hours, had a snack and gave her another treat (she's going to weigh a hundred pounds if we aren't careful...hahaha).  I did get a couple of chapters read in "The Terminal List" and Bill tried to take a nap.  He took her for a nice walk around the area while I got things packed up.

We stopped at Starbucks on the way home for iced coffees and a puppachino...whipped cream in a cup for the dog.  

It was a perfect day, lots of sun and blue skies and comfortable temperatures in the mid 70's.  

Sitting on the bench with her mama

Such a happy girl ;o)

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