Kennebunkport, Maine to Portsmouth, New Hampshire in Three Hours

The day dawned ugly. Winds constant at twenty eight miles per hour and gusting higher. Rain squalls drifting across the land like Orson Wells' aliens. So we took a day trip…

We drove south from Kennebunkport, stopping every once in awhile to look at the angry Atlantic.

A few miles south we found the summer village of Wells Harbor. A long spit provides a place for summer houses along Wells Beach.

Following Ocean St along the Atlantic, we passed through Moody Beach and Ogunquit Beach before sliding into Perkins Cove. The next stop was Cape Neddick with its famous lighthouse.

Nubble Lighthouse is advertised to be one of, if not the most, photographed lighthouse in the United States, and even on a blustery, rainy day, it was beautiful.

Jutting into the ocean across from Nubble Light, a spit of land is the location of a hotel.

We stopped for lunch at the Cajun Lobster in Kittery Point, Maine, because the name intrigued us. Wrong choice. A short menu with long prices led to an hour wait for food. That's a half hour wait to order, and a half before it showed up. Then we got our lunch one plate at a time over 15 minutes. Well, the soup went back because it was cold, and by the time it returned, D's shrimp plate was cold….you see how it went. At least the view out onto Kittery Bay was kinda cool with the storm beating on the windows.

After that fiasco, we decided to continue south to Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and try to get a look at the huge shipyards that make Portsmouth one of the worlds largest shipbuilding cities. As close as we could get was a city park across the bay for a long shot. Security abounds here, and we couldn't get any closer. Bummer.

On the way around the bay, looking for a good shot of the shipyards, we crossed this drawbridge. Those chains hanging from the towers are anchor chains. I would estimate that each link is about 18 inches long!

On into old town Portsmouth found us a Starbucks across from this beautiful old New England Church.

A long trip through Portsmouth got us back on US 1 heading north toward York, Maine. On through Ogunquit, Wells, and Kennebunk got us back to Arundel, where our rv park is actually located. A nice day for a drive, and a good way to stay warm and dry!