Road Trip 2010 – Day 10

I am sounding like a broken record at this point, but today was yet another beautiful day in Maine!  Today was the day that Hunter, Emily and I were going to explore downtown Kennebunkport and eat the famous fried clam strips from The Clam Shack.  Grandma Curly and Pop Pop Colonel were going to visit Grandma’s Uncle Stanley who lives about 45 minutes outside of Kennebunkport, so we were on our own for the morning.  After another averagely consistent breakfast, we got dressed and headed to downtown KBP.  It was really fun exploring with Hunter because he pretended to be our tour guide and was giving us all of these made up facts about the city.  It was such a great day to be outside and exploring.

We were eagerly anticipating lunch because we were going to eat fried clam strips for the first time this trip.  This is one of the have-to-stop-at places because the food and atmosphere are equally great.  The food was delicious as it always is and we enjoyed our lunch on the lobster crates that we made into benches.  Hunter got a grilled cheese as only they could make and we enjoyed our food and our freshly squeezed lemonade as we watched the cars drive down the main drag.  After lunch we headed down the street again to get another fill of ice cream to wash down our delicious lunch.  There is something really fun about watching kids eat ice cream.  Upon finishing our ice cream we headed back to the car, drove down Ocean Ave. and back to the hotel so that Hunter could catch some zzzz’s.

Since Hunter was so over tired he ended up sleeping for 3 hours.  If only I was smart enough to nap too!  After Rumple got up from his nap we all got ready and headed to the Maine Diner for dinner.  We ate at the Maine Diner last time we were in Maine and the food was absolutely delicious.  Emily got the lobster pie, and I swore if we ever came back I would get it no questions asked, and I did.  It was the most delicious dinner we have had on our trip so far.  Everyone seemed quite pleased with their meal so the 40 minute wait was was worth it.

We had one last stop before we headed back to the hotel.  We had been promising Hunter a trip to the beach while we were in Maine and this seemed like the perfect night to do it.  We traveled down the coast on our way back from the diner to our hotel but most of the beaches required a beach parking pass to park there (which I think is a stupid idea), so we weren’t able to park at any of those beaches.  There was a beach back near downtown Kennebunkport that was open to the public and had free parking.  This beach turned out to be absolutely perfect.  We got out of the car and all took our places; Grandma her her shoes off and feet in the water (she didn’t mind at all that her toes were blue because the water was so cold), Hunter to his spot as chief beach digger, Colonel and I wandered with our cameras and took photos and Emily bounced around between everyone enjoying her visit!  It was an absolutely perfect end to our last full day in Maine.