T Stands for a Day Out

 Hi everyone. Happy new week to you. Last week flew by as weeks seem to always do, and it is once again time for T over at Bleubeard's and Elizabeth's blog.

This past Saturday was my husband's and my 34th wedding anniversary. It was a gorgeous autumn day, and since it was Saturday, my husband didn't have to go to work. It was sunny, not too hot, not at all cold, and the leaves were rich with color. We decided it was a great day for a road trip, so after breakfast we  headed out and went exploring along the southern Maine coast.

This day trip was partly seeing new things, partly re-exploring places we had visited when we were dating, and also partly some childhood reminiscing for my husband.  Of course we took in the autumn foliage and some of the beautiful moments of the day too. (And I apologize, it's another photo heavy post.)

One place we stopped was Ferry Beach in Scarborough, Maine. Scarborough is just south of Portland. My husband spent part of his youth living in the Portland, Maine area, and when we were dating and staying at his parents' house for a weekend, we often came to this beach to walk.

The tide was almost as high as it could be, so the beach was narrow, but we did decide to go for a walk  anyhow.

I wouldn't say it was a romantic walk (smile), but we all loved it, including the dogs who went for a ride too.

And Maddie even had to have a swim, no matter how cold the water was.

After our walk we headed a bit north to Cape Elizabeth, Maine. We stopped at a couple of other places we used to visit. One was Kettle Cove.

And the other was Two Lights (even though you can only see 1 lighthouse from this spot).

Our final stops (after we drove around my husband's old high school  and by his old family home, etc.) were part of a search for the boat ramp where he and his dad used to put the family boat into the water to go fishing. I was even with them once when they did this, but since that was many many years ago, I don't really remember the boat ramp.

But my husband does. 

I must admit I didn't mind this search because we stopped at a few areas with some beautiful views. 

We were in South Portland looking back over  Casco Bay to Portland as the sun went down.

And now, because it is T day,  I need to share my drink photo, which is alongside my late lunch in this next photo.

My husband and I met back in college. We went to school in Maine in a small community that didn't have a lot of places to go out to eat. One of the places was Pat's Pizza. It was a staple in our weekend activities; in fact when we started dating, we went so many weekends that one of the waitresses knew us and we didn't even have to order our food. She just asked if we wanted our regular order.

Now Pat's Pizza has a few restaurants all around the state of Maine, and we went to the one in Scarborough, not the one where we went to college (since we didn't drive that far north). And since it was lunch we didn't order a beer with our pizza, but we still had our favorite-double dough with pepperoni and onions.  And we both had diet Pepsi's to drink.

It was a good day out, and fun to celebrate our anniversary, since it is not usually something we do. Portland is only a  little over an hour from our house, and why we don't go back there more often, I'm not certain. 

Thanks for making it through this post, and have a great T day and week ahead too.