The sun rose on an absolutely perfect day in Maine. We had a day packed full of activities so we were eager to get a jump on the day. I brought some of the delicious hotel breakfast back to the room where Hunter and Mom eagerly awaited. Waffles (if you can call them that) and microwave French toast sticks were the flavor of the day. The response to these items were not that of happy diners, but at least it was food.
The first stop of the day was to meet Emily’s aunt and uncle for lunch at one of our favorite spots, the Merriland Farms Restaurant. It is a beautiful farm restaurant that overlooks a par 3 golf course. The food and company were absolutely perfect. Hunter at this point in the trip has started to punish us for keeping him up late the last two nights and is not stoked to be sitting in a chair at this place. I decided that I would take him out to explore while the others visited. Explore we did indeed. Hunter was all about finding sticks and digging and the farm was a great place for this activity. Unfortunately for us, we realized when were were quite a distance from the restaurant that the bugs were terrible. I could feel myself getting eaten alive, and I could only imagine this was happening to Hunter as well. We would pay for this adventure in the following days but it was fun hanging out with my buddy.
After lunch we planned to go to the Trolley Museum so Hunter could tour the world of trolleys that he had seen on our last trip. During that trip he was of course only 1 so he didn’t seem to remember much. The museum was a really cool place with a ton of trolleys that had been restored from all over the country. There was a track that was a few miles long that they had a couple of trolleys that took you on a ride down. Before boarding our trolley, the Conductor came over and asked Hunter to help him blow the horn. Very cool! Hunter was absolutely in heaven as we “raced” down the track. We got to ride one trolley car down the track and then switch to a second trolley to ride back to the museum. It was a really great experience. Hunter’s favorite part of the day was when he got to wear a conductor jacket and a conductor hat. He did this when we first got there and wanted to do it a second time before we left. He is loving dress-up these days.
After we had explored the trolley museum enough, Emily wanted to go to Hanaford which is the local grocery story that Emily always wants to visit every time we are in Maine. For those of you that don’t know, Emily has a love/fascination with the grocery industry. Every time we see a grocery store that she has not been in, she wants to go in as if she were a mountain climber seeing a peak that they had not yet conquered (of course the grocery store is a bit safer unless you run into one of those crazy coupon moms). Hunter was on his last legs, so we let Mom shop while Hunter and I stayed in the car.
After our visit to Hanaford we got to visit with Scott and Terry (Emily’s cousins) at their house that they just built. It was an absolutely beautiful house on an awesome piece of land. Uncle Hank made up some delicious burgers and fixin’s that we all devoured and enjoyed quite a bit. Alyssa and Marcel also made the trip over from New Hampshire, and it was very nice to visit with them as well. Since Hunter was extremely low on sleep, we decided to call it a night early and head back to the hotel. It was a day full of great activities.
