Vacation Day 1: Peaks Island &c.

Also in March the kiddos had their spring break.  Rejecting the siren song of the south, we instead drove north, through New Hampshire ...

... to Portland, Maine.

Our planned lunch spot had a long wait, but we found another spot where a kindly patron gave the kiddos a pot of clovers in honor of St. Patrick's Day!

After lunch, we caught a ferry ...

...  Oliver's first boat ride!

He loved it.

We landed at Peaks Island without much of a plan.  So we walked around and, after visiting Brackett Point and finding no public shore access, instead ended up at a lovely little beach at City Point.

Madeline ran around and did tricks.

Oliver gathered and lined up stones.

And then we caught the ferry back to the mainland ...

... where we checked into our hotel room.  The kiddos were excited to sleep on a bed that pulled out from a couch.

That evening we availed ourselves of Portland's beer scene, dining at a brewpub and sampling its wares.