Or At Least, I Hope Not…

What can I say?
Life is wonderfully zany

Saturday was our three month anniversary… And since I haven’t blogged
Engagement, Wedding, Honeymoon, or Celebration photos; I figured it’s
high time I finally do at least one of those

So, like I said… Why not go out of order?

Our Honeymoon:

It all began on Sunday, September 13th… We rushed out of my family’s resort
(http://ChaletSuzanne.com) already a little rushed to make our flight… Only to
discover that our getaway car had a dead battery!!

A quick jumpstart and the fastest airport trip EVER (Literally; we made it in about
half the time it should take… While barely speeding!) we arrived at the Orlando airport
and picked up our tickets… At which point, my beloved Bride learned where we were
going

Maine!

I’d spent months and months researching places we could go; and it all
came down to either a small Cay in the Bahamas, or the Grand Old State
of Maine. In the end, we opted for Maine since it’d be COOL (and far
less likely to be in the path of a Hurricane

Man oh man, were we ever glad we went!!

See?

Truly though, Maine was perfect… We went to four breweries, two forts, and
spent LOTS of time exploring.

See, when we landed in Portland, we went to pick up our rental car and they gave us
a choice… A bland ol’ Chevrolet, or the Toyota Prius Hybrid… To be blunt, I’ve always
harassed the Prius and their fleet of predominantly slow, boring drivers

But on the roads of Maine? The Prius was a blast!!
We drove over 800 miles on $38 in fuel (58mpg+!) and I was even able to test
the “crazy” factor… Got it up on three wheels a few times, and brought the fuel
burn down to 4mpg… Haha TOO much fun!

Of all the Coastal villages we visited in Maine, we liked Bucksport the very best.

It was beautiful, quiet, and wonderfully devoid of the plethora of tourists that are
EVERYWHERE else in Maine.

Bucksport, ME

See that bright white building in the middle?
That’s a quaint old Bed And Breakfast that was recently bought out by
Best Western… Know what that means? Beautiful, quaint rooms with ugly
comforters, windows that open wide, and clean surroundings… Perfect!!

We stayed there for 3 days, and loved EVERY minute… See,  Bucksport
is unique in the fact that they have quite a few REALLY cool little things.
First among them, is “Fort Knox” — No, not the one you’re thinking of,
but the ORIGINAL Fort Knox from the early 1800s.

We visited

See it Larger…

It was truly a cool, and unique place

Though admittedly, my attention was elsewhere

Bucksport is also the home of Maine’s fastest elevator…
Which takes you here:

To the top of their gorgeous bridge observatory…
The view rocked

B&W = Love.

One thing we may not have mentioned… The REASON there aren’t a lot
of tourists in Bucksport… Simple.. There’s a “small” paper mill there:

But the view from our hotel could make up for anything:

And here’s our view of Fort Knox…

The clouds were just Oh SO Amazing.
After three days in Bucksport we were ready to take off for the North…
Bar Harbor was our next stop; but before we’d arrive there, we just HAD
to stop by our second brewery of the trip… “Atlantic Brewing Company”
t’was AWESOME

Nelle agreed

Then, suddenly we were in Bangor:

I stopped in and bought some *great* old books

The next day, we headed South, back to Portland…
And to our 3rd brewery of the trip “Shipyard Brewing”

The last day of our trip, our flight didn’t leave ’til the late afternoon so
we took off on a lighthouse / Fort hunting trip…

It was successful!

Shipwreck!

Nelle and I decided we needed to snap some more photos of the two of US.
I think I’m getting better at the whole self portrait thing:

An amazing old building on the Fort’s grounds…
It was used as an Officer Quarters in the late 19th Century.

And as a silly finale for this post…
Here’s the Greatest Graffiti of ALL Time:

That’s all for now
MANY, MANY more posts to come!!

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