LARRY'S RAMBLE: Some things never change, others do

Monday, August 22, 2011

Some things never change, others do

Giving honor where it is due.

Last Wednesday I took Hollie for one of her vacation days. She has a couple of days a year that we call "vacation days", when she skips her daily routine and we go somewhere (wonder where that would be). Please notice that I did not say somewhere different!
I picked her up at 6:00AM, she was brimming with excitement even then. We went to Belfast, Maine for a quick breakfast and then took route 3 to Augusta where we took the interstate to Biddeford, Maine. In Biddeford we went to Target and Staples, she laminated 10 "projects" , or photos glued to paper, they will become a part of her permanent collection; in other words they may last more than two days.
We left Biddeford on U S Route 1 and went to Scarborough, Maine. We were looking for the area near the new Wal-Mart, I had never been there and I did not have a map. I turned left on route 114 and we found the area without any difficulty. We ate lunch at Subway (6 mind changes), and took a stroll over to Bull Moose Music where we found two New Kids on the Block CD's "from the old days, huh Dad?". She uses to term "old days" and "back in the day" a lot, meaning the 1980's or 1990's.
We left that area, I was fortunate that we by-passed the Maine Mall (she was too busy to look out of the window), and drove up or over to Cape Elizabeth to Portland Head Light (it's not a headlight, it's a Light on Portland Head). This visit is a must, it's Hollies favorite place, with the exception of Staples.
When we left we took I295 from Portland to Topsham, where we went to Target (no surprises), and headed north on US 201 to Augusta where we went to Staples for 10 more "projects". Then we ate at Panera Bread. Someone had told me all about the 'burgers and fries' at Panera. They do not serve burgers, or fries; we ate Turkey Ham with cheese grilled sandwiches instead.
We left Augusta on I95 and went to Waterville to visit Wal-Mart and Staples, one project, for a total of 21 for the day. We went down College Avenue to Fairfield where we caught route 139 back to Winterport and Hollies house, it's right on 139.
Total distance: about 420 miles; just to do the same thing we do the rest of the year.