At the beach

Woo! We're here! Today's drive was quite short, but filled with crazy drivers from Massachusetts going 95 mph. Once we got to Maine, everyone chilled out.

We're staying in a nice house near the beach - as soon as we got here, I could smell the ocean and the pine trees, which totally reminds me of my childhood. (I grew up here and spent a lot of time at the beach as a kid.)

We brought my filthy car to a car wash this afternoon and got some groceries so we can make breakfast tomorrow. I resorted to one of those automatic car washes even though I detest them - I'm a microfiber mitt and bucket of very soapy water kind of gal usually, but I didn't bring my car cleaning stuff with me and I figure going through an automatic car wash once in a while won't destine me for swirlmark city... hopefully.

Old Orchard Beach is C-R-A-Z-Y in the summer; on the way to Shop N Save we were stopped at a 4-way intersection as about 50 Corvettes with a police escort drove by. I haven't seen any MINIs around here, though. LOTS of tourists speaking a lot of French, though. The highway signs are all in miles and km, and all the machines around here (ATM's, etc.) have English, French, and Spanish options. On the west coast it's pretty much just English/Spanish.

Now we're going to chill out and have dinner with my parents! Yum... I vote for clams or lobsters.

We made it!

We are safely at the beach-house in Saco, Maine. (43.492N, 70.448W). Whew.
That was fun! Now for a vacation! Thanks to everyone for their comments and emails.
more updates and pictures to follow once we catch our breath.