We ventured up to Portland Maine for a long weekend, stopping at a local swimming hole at Babb's Bridge along the way. After I dipped in the cool water after our two hour drive we headed to a block of breweries that included Austin Street, and Allagash. We went to local spot J's Oyster for dinner and headed to an Irish bar for live music. We ended up staying out later than we wanted to, so we allowed ourselves to sleep in until 10 am- which is really late for both of us. We headed straight to Duckfat for the duck paninis and fries which was a good thing because that place became packed as soon as we sat down at our table. We spent the day exploring the city, visiting artisans shops and bookstores and walking along the shoreline. We stopped at HoneyPaw for a refreshing honey ice cream and continued to walk around the city. We decided to call it an early night since we stayed up so late the night before, so we grabbed a quick early dinner at Hot Suppa and went back to the hotel to lounge in the hot tub. The next day we took the ferry to Peak's Island where we walked to the abandoned Cold War outpost Battery Steele which is covered in neat graffiti. While waiting for the ferry back to Portland we stopped at The world's only Umbrella Cover Museum which was probably the most unusual travel destination I have ever been to. Nancy- the founder and curator of the museum even played an accordion song for us and showed us her collection of scandalous umbrella covers. Because we love quirky things, we made our way to the Cryptozoology Museum, which is basically a collection of some conspiracy-theorist's action figures, but nonetheless resides in Bissel-Brothers Brewery building so there's another reason to visit! Our last restaurant was my favorite- Mexican fare at El Corazon. The following morning on our way home we stopped to visit the famous lighthouse and walk around the park area.
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