Now, for starters, Zach and I have not been away from the boys for more than a couple hours since they were born. So, we decided to take advantage of the time while we were with my parents. And we decided to go to Monhegan Island, which is ten miles off the coast of Maine.
View of the village from the dock
The whole village is just dirt roads and there are only a couple cars that the hotels use to shuttle bags back and forth.
We got some lunch right after we checked into the hotel and headed down to lobster cove
Lobster Cove and Moxie
(Moxie is a drink from Maine. Zach really likes it. I don't. It's okay at first and then there is this terrible, terrible after taste. It's like Satan's plan.)
Me, taking a break after hiking along the rocky, misty trails.
Unidentified beautiful cove
This is me showing how lost we were. The maps are not terribly specific and in an effort to keep everything "pristine" there are almost no markers. So, we were never really sure where we were.
Zach above the crashing rocks and waves.
(Scary note - according to local legand, they have never been able to save someone who fell into the water on this side of the island. Step carefully.)
Zach and Seagull
As I was taking the above picture this seagull swooped in about five feet from my head and landed right by Zach. Uncomfortably close. And it stayed there. So we left.
But it followed us. Luckily we lost him once we got into the trees.
Zach and Fog
I don't know if anyone else will think this sign is as funny as we did, but we were laughing about it for quite some time afterwards.
Monhegan Island Lighthouse
We found these swept up on the beach. Hey Chris, are these yours?
Our hotel room.
It was basically just a bed and a dresser and there was a shared bathroom that was outside in the hall. But it was terribly quaint.
Lace Curtain Window
One of the island traditions is to build "fairy houses" out of woodland elements. This is a pretty sweet fairy pad we saw.
Me and the crashing waves. We saw a seal swimming around in this cove.
Misty Mountains
There was supposedly a hurricane coming in that was going to cancel all the ferries coming to the island. If that had happened we would have stayed an extra two nights. But it didn't. But we had fun anyway.
