We took a long stroll through the Fore River Sanctuary near our house. On the way we hit the Capisic Park Pond which is also lovely, and under major construction as of this writing. On the way we also swung by the back door of Overland Honey. Yum!. On the way back we hit Jewel Falls, Portland's only water fall. Owing to the dry summer, there wasn't much water falling.

As the remnants of hurricane Hermine rolled into Casco Bay, we spent the afternoon watching the breaks and eating seafood at the Two Lights Lobster Shack

Out on the town, we hit up Vagabond coffee and then the Portland Museum of Art, who had an excellent paper bird making room set up adjacent to the restaurant downstairs.

I tooled around Casco Bay with a friend. We checked out Eagle Island and the home of arctic explorer Admiral Robert Peary, a national historic site. We also quenched our thirst on the sprawling veranda of the Chabeague Island Inn.

We stole away to Quebec City for a few days this summer. The city is charmingly more old world than most in North America. The topology of the city is both monastic and militaristic. And, the city is perched on a rocky promontory so there are elaborate erosion control methods everywhere.