Busy day today starting with the "Portland City and Lighthouse Trolley Tour". We drove about 30 minutes to downtown Portland and parked at one of the city parking lots recommended by the trolley company. The parking is a mess and very expensive. We paid $25 flat rate for the day. Especially with the big ol' brown truck, our options were limited. The lot we found had several spots open and they were wide enough and long enough to accommodate us. We will be in this same lot tomorrow for our "Portland: Best of Maine Scenic Lighthouse Cruise" boat ride.
This is Portland's water front area, a very old and historic section of town. The buildings appear to have been well maintained and are full of shops and restaurants of all kinds. We walked from our parking lot to the "long wharf" area where our trolly and boat ride depart. After checking in we walked around a bit before our trolley arrived.
Old school wooden lobster trap
Scary looking dude in the lighthouse window!
Several companies operate out of here. Looks like if I had been paying attention when I scheduled this we could have ridden on a fire engine!!
Instead, we boarded our "Discovery" trolley and away we went. Our trolley driver was our tour guide, and he was born and raised here.
The trolley took us all around the historic areas of Portland. A few pictures (that were difficult to take as many of the sites pointed out were on the other side of the trolley).
"Mustache" apartment buildings - row houses. Named after some decorative metal
in the shape of a moustache
Ruski's Tavern is one of the city's few remaining neighborhood bars. It was built as a home in the 1860s. Around forty years later, it became a beer parlor, owned by Jesse McLinchy, a wealthy Irishman.
Old fire station with unique doors
Mast from the USS Portland
Abandoned fort off the coast of Portland that was never completed or used
Our trolley then headed to a 30 minute stop at the famous Portland Head Light, the most photographed lighthouse in the United States. We visited here in 2016 but we were glad to return. It was not busy at all. Doreen was able to get right in the gift shop and get here lighthouse passport stamped. Some pictures:
Arriving at the Portland Head Light
Beautiful Maine coastline
The fog horns
The iconic Portland Head Light photos
Ram Island Ledge Light Station visible from the Portland Head Light
Back at the campground Liberty was still limping around and not putting much weight on her left hind paw. A couple days ago she started bleeding quite a bit and we assumed she caught a toe nail or something. With us being on the road we did not want this to become worse, so we decided to have it looked at. We found a pet urgent care and they were able to get her right in.
What did I do to deserve this?!
Vet removed the broken nail, cleaned and dressed the paw.
Back at the camper Liberty says, "I ain't wearing that cone thing!"
Everyone was very nice. They got Liberty all fixed up and we left with antibiotics and a cone in case she tries to chew the bandages off. We already had some doggie ibuprofen, so she should be better in a few days.
In the middle of all of this we corresponded with Mike Scott, one of the young men that played baseball with our son. He is married now and is living up here so we made arrangements to go out to eat with Mike and his wife Wednesday night.
Tomorrow we have our boat trip in the afternoon. Other than that, no plans yet.
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