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Leaving Portland today after a couple of days away. This is our second time so we were able to hit places we couldn't on our last visit. Here are some highlights: 

-Casco Bay Tour to House Island (private island with old fort on it- near Ft Gorges Island) 

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-Hike around Wolfe Neck State Park in Freeport followed by trip to LL Bean Outlet (with noting it's a whole outlet shopping center there, so there's much more than just LL Bean).

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-Ferry to Peaks Island and bike ride around the island: found a hidden beach off the main road that was really cool and took some side trails to the Battery Steel fortifications, which were extremely eery partially due to some kids walking through the dark structure making haunting sounds.

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Beach on Peaks Island: 

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-Drive to Mackworth Island and Baxter State Park. Really pleasant (and easy) trails and good views. A consistent breeze on the ocean side made it ideal weather on a warm Maine day. There's a kind of strange "fairy village" and School for the Deaf that add some interesting quirks to the hike. 

Food:

-Eventide. Give yourself at least an hour of time to wait (you can leave while you wait). Alternatively, The Honey Paw next door is owned by the same people and they even share a kitchen but it doesn't have nearly the same wait as Eventide. It's an Asian fusion restaurant. 

-DiMillos on the Water. Nice views, great food. Highly recommend the clam chowder and pecan encrusted haddock. Waiter who worked there for 35 years said it's by far his favorite. There's also a piece of the Berlin Wall out front. 

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-Bite of Maine. Nice place for lunch and, in my experience, the best place too get whoopie pies.

-Tandem Coffee and Bakery. I cannot emphasize this enough. This cinnamon roll was incredible, as was the blueberry lemon poppyseed scone.20250722_181603.thumb.jpg.a80f725e17f98cb6b25e0031a2469787.jpg

We left talking about how we could make it work to buy a small cabin to take out daily regularly while renting it out during travel season. Open to ideas and suggestions on this. There's lots to do and enjoy in this area.

Edited by KYHorn
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