First I should start with an apology. I haven't blogged about our travels since October and for that, I am sorry. I could give all sorts of excuses, mostly involving my kids, but honestly, it was becoming more of an obligation than I wanted it to be. I originally wanted to write about our adventures and recount what we were doing, not only for the sake of family and friends, but for our own sake, as a kind of family journal. But the truth is, it was a chore to just rehash everything we did each day, especially considering how much we were cramming in week after week. I couldn't keep up. Fast forward to Christmas. We were back in Milwaukee for three weeks. We were traveling at a breakneck speed, trying to see the entire continental United States in 9 months. It was exhausting. We were enjoying our new life but also were in desperate need of a break. If only we could travel indefinitely, we could slow down our travel, be able to take breaks several days a week, and even save mo
Saturday morning found us down at the beach again. We found many creatures washed up on the shore including hermit crabs and whole clams. We helped Avery make a tide pool habitat to house all the creatures he found and he enjoyed telling random beach goers all about it. We could have stayed there all day, but we had other plans to attend to. We had lunch plans with a coworker Jared met over the summer at an event in Milwaukee who insisted that we contact her if we ever made it out to Maine. So we did! Jane and her family were amazing hosts and from what we've heard, their hospitality is a common trait amongst Mainers. We had planned to eat at Portland Lobster Company right on the harbor but due to Hurricane Florence, three cruise ships had been diverted to Portland and all the passengers had recently disembarked, flooding the seaside with tourists. So we opted for a quicker option at B. Good (which had amazing food) a little further away from the port. We then hopp