2024 New England Adventure

OMG! Did someone just drop us in a Hallmark movie?! Just look at this setting!

Yay us! We arrived early enough to snag a prime spot for the fireworks. No crowded front (thanks to the bushes) or back (thanks to the sidewalk that needs to stay clear). We're all settled in to watch the sunset and enjoy a beverage or two before the fireworks. So, off Don goes to the Bar Harbor Inn to grab those said beverages!

Now, picture this: Don's got his drink in hand, strutting back like he’s just won the lottery. Suddenly, he's stopped. He's informed that he can't take his drink off the premises due to Maine's strict laws! 😳 He has no clue that Beth's phone is almost dead and on airplane mode. 😳 So what does Don do? He texts Beth—no answer. He calls her—still no answer! What's a guy gonna do? Well, for starters, he's gonna grab that newly available seat and enjoy his drink, hoping to telepathically summon Beth. Maybe he should've taken up mime school after all.

Meanwhile, Beth is scanning the horizon like a pirate looking for lost treasure. "Where's Don? Did he get lost? Did he join a secret society at the Inn?" And then, like a cheesy romance novel, she spots him on the balcony of the Bar Harbor Inn, waving like he's trying to land a plane!🤣

Beth makes her way to the balcony, and after Don dramatically recounts his heroic struggle against Maine's beverage laws, we decide to stay and enjoy a few more drinks before the fireworks. After all, we can see our seats, and we're in a Hallmark setting—our chairs are basically sacred now! People around us start talking about food, and even though we hadn't planned on it, we had to check out the menu. And no, it wasn't Don who wanted dessert... Beth just HAD to have the Dark Chocolate Blood Orange Mousse Bomb! It was sooooooooo divine! Don swears he saw angels singing as it was served. The evening just keeps getting better.

Don's luck is in full swing today! A front-row table on the balcony just opened up, so we're watching the fireworks from there, drinks in hand! What a fantastic show and evening! Don’s practically glowing with pride.

Oh, and our chairs? They were just fine! No one sat in them, but I'm sure the folks around them thought it was odd that they sat empty all night without a trace of their owners! They probably thought we were ghosts or had mastered the art of invisibility. 🤣😂🤣Les mer