I have started my summer trip to the Maritimes. The first stop is Wells, Maine.
I have been going to Wells my whole life, and there are great memories. My brother, sister-in-law and I were remembering some: Staying at a cottage on a side street, playing "Oh Heck" or "Hell Bridge" and Uncle Willie got so excited!; the cottage next door had a goat to keep the lawn cut; first experimenting with make-up, using colored pencils; the Elmer Ann as it used to be, and finding out my mother worked there when it was a bed and breakfast; reliving my brother and sister-in-law meeting and "courting," at Beach Acres - he at my folks' trailer, and she at her aunt's; one favorite scene of my two brothers and I sitting at the picnic table with cigarettes hanging out of our mouths. Thank goodness they weren't lit. I wouldn't want to be the one who got the 4-year old to start smoking. How times have changed. We would never encourage that now!!!
On Sunday, June 2nd, my cousins had a big party for their mother, my Aunt Doris. She is now 90 years old, and still plays golf. She is quite a woman. It was so much fun seeing people we hadn't seen for years. Only 2 cousins weren't able to make it.
I still have some relatives living up here, most just for the summer. So, since I am still here, I am still visiting. I also plan on exploring some old haunts to see if I can find them.
