August 8, 2016

We left Bangor yesterday to continue our journey – there is still so much to see!  

On our way to Portland, ME.  we stopped into a small town called Gardiner.  

Here we visited the A1 Diner. It is listed in Guy Fieri’s book of Diners, Drive-ins and Dives.

This diner was built in 1946 by the Worcester Lunch Car Company and delivered right to this spot. 

They set it up on 20 foot stilts, added the kitchen to the back and here it sits, 70 years and four owners later, still serving some of the best food the town can offer.

Today we visited Fort Williams Park in Cape Elizabeth, which is down in South Portland.

It is the home of Portland Head Light (lighthouse)

It is also the scene of this lovely beach, and the one-mile “Cliff Walk” where the pathway meanders along the oceanfront.

Still in Fort Williams Park is the Goddard mansion. Built in 1858, it was one of the first grand houses to be built along the Cape Elizabeth shore.

Turned into Higgins Beach  along the route back home. What a prize that is!  A small beach town with this beautiful white sand stretching forever.