Our annual trip to Maine was great. Our first adventure was to find a restaurant where we could all safely eat. We never eat out on this trip, but this time I was too tired and unprepared to cook in the cabin the first night. We pulled in to the parking lot of this restaurant – it had a good name – and I ran in to ask about their menu – specifically whether or not their fries were gluten free. (Lots of restaurants use fries coated with wheat flour to make them extra crispy) The owner/manager was so kind to go to the kitchen and tear off the labels of the sweet potato fries and regular fries. Sweet Potato fries were definitely off limits, but regular fries were fine, and we were so hungry by this point that we ordered them as appetizers, and them ate them again with our bunless burgers! Well, the kids had burgers, Robert had fish and chips, and I had their summer strawberry salad – all very yummy!

This is the beach at Ogunquit. It is such a fun beach – perfect for kids with both waves and calmer tide pools to splash in. I love the sea of colorful umbrellas that decorate the beach. How blessed we are to be able to vacation in Maine every year – many thanks to Jay and Jean Smith whose allow pastors and missionaries to use their cabin year after year.

The kids could stay at the beach all day – and we did for two days in a row. What could be more entertaining than acres of sand and water?

An evening walk along the”Marginal Way” – a beautiful one mile walkway along the rocky coast taking you from Perkins Cove to downtown Ogunquit. Ice Cream in town was the reward for walking the entire way!