Here for 5 days and I LOVE it!

Even tho the video I posted is of Portland, Maine I only live 20 mins from Portland. Or 8 mins by Train. Can you believe that? TRAIN!! How cool is that!

The charm is here just as abundantly as it is in Downtown Portland tho. I have been 'non-stop' mostly since I got here. There is so much to see and do! Even tho the weather is still pretty chilly (downright COLD for this CA girl lol) it is beautiful. 4 seasons again are going to be amazing! I have missed and wanted 4 seasons in my life for soooooo long! After so many years in just 2 seasons during my life....4 is really going to be awe inspiring and a treat!

I've done the 'small tourist town' before. It didn't work out so well. First of all, the town was so far from everything. Downtown ANYWHERE was at least an hour drive. Work for me was a 2 hour drive. The theme was German, period. Slow in the off season, busy during the tourist season, the streets closed up at 5 pm and you were pretty much 'stuck' in your home.

But here......here you get the quaint buildings or the lakes if you want.  I have access to the city (which doesn't loose it's charm) in a reasonable amount of time. All the homes around me are so full of personality I feel like I'm waking up to a Christmas Card every morning. And next week I'm planning on going to Boston for the first time in my life. I have wanted to visit that city for years and years. And here it is right 'next' to me. Only a 2 hour train ride. Heck, that I can do standing on my head! LOL

And one of the important (for me) things I'm going to do is take pictures of Boston! Cause I'M actually GOING TO GO there....not 'pretend' I did with some made up story to make myself look good. ROFL (pathetically funny to me now)

5 days here and my jaw still hits the ground with the area. I know everything happens in its own time, I just wish this opportunity would have come across my plate so much sooner.  But then who knows. If it had, I might not have moved forward with it. Ah heck, I'm here now, and that's what matters..


Fishing season starts in 5 more days. And soon is the blueberry picking season (FREE!) Lobster also comes into season next month. The stores in my town start opening up. The Paddle Boat gets put back on the river. The ones like they have in New Orleans. The weather gets warmer (thank goodness!) and the trees start to get there leaves back. All the fruit and vegetables stands open up again, and many are only a block from where I live. It's going to be like a Farmers Market every day. There is a lake everywhere you turn here. And everything is going to be so lush and green.....boggles my mind how much beauty there is here.

Another thing I love is that people are so NICE! We drive down the street and people just wave. For no reason, they just wave. I asked Ryan why they did that, was it normal? (Not being from here I ask LOTS of questions about stuff!) and he said not really. That made me laugh! Well, I guess the Cosmos' are doing what they can to make me feel welcome. :)

It will get crowded with the hustle and bustle of the tourists, but I look forward to that. I am ALSO looking forward to after tourist season is over. I'm sure by then I will have had my fill of traffic, and crowds and the like. It will be almost like 'home' (back in L.A.) while the tourists are here, but I just love the peace right now.

And today we are going to go visit the nearby waterfalls.....Can you BELIEVE THAT?? NEARBY WATERFALLS!!!!

Yep, I'm gonna turn into a prune being here. I love the water, I miss swimming like I would miss air if it was taken away. Going to be hard to find me on dry land when I'm not working if I have my way!