Our epic roadtrip is wrapped around the yearly Kline vacation with Jeff’s family. This year, to celebrate Jeff’s parents’ 50th anniversary, they rented a beautiful house in Kennebunkport, Maine. We have been staying here the last 5 days and enjoying a laid back type of vacation style.
The house is on a small cove and there is a small beach at the end of the street, that is perfect for beachcombing, racing the RC boats, and reading on the patio. One afternoon, I was looking for cool rocks, sea shells and sea glass (off topic: when does “broken beer bottle” become “sea glass”?), and struck up a conversation about seashells with a really nice lady that lives down the street. She stopped by a little later and brought me a basket of really neat shells and taught me about the different kinds of shells. That was so kind of her and I wish we had traded names so I could properly thank her!
On Wednesday, the four of us and Grandpa went to the Seashore Trolley Museum where we saw many restored trollies from towns across the world. We took a Trolley ride to a “Trolley Park”, which were parks outside of the city that trolley companies built in order to entice people to ride on Sundays when they were off work. Many of these parks later developed into the Amusement Parks we know today.
Spencer’s glasses broke late Wednesday, so we also headed up to Portland on Thursday to get him new glasses and have lunch. The workers at Eyemart Express were awesome and super quick, and we had a great lunch in the heart of Portland’s tourist area.
Our week in Maine came to an end and we went on our way towards Newfoundland. I blogged from my phone this time, so will add Jeff’s photos at a future time.
Kline Road Trips 
Looks like a heavenly vacation, and I can’t wait to hear about Newfoundland!