Labor Day/Anniversay Weekend

Hello dear friends! Hope you all had a GREAT 3-day/Labor Day weekend! This weekend marked one year since Troy and I started dating, so we decided to celebrate by checking out a few towns around Waterville!

Friday: Hallowell
Hallowell is a popular town for tourists. We loved it. Of course, Troy had to work Friday, so we didn't get to spend a ton of time there. However, we did have enough time to check out The L"iberal Cup", a very popular English-style brewery. So popular, in fact, that it was literally filled wall to wall by the time we got there. It was definitely worth the wait though! Our favorite beer was Dog Days Summer Wheat (very similar to Summer Shandy). After dinner, we went on a short walk around town. While the downtown area of Hallowell isn't huge, it is definitely worth seeing with all of the cute shops and restaurants/pubs.

The walls of "The Liberal Cup" were filled with signs and pictures. This (thanks to my obsession with "Alice in Wonderland") was my favorite.

 

 

Saturday: Freeport

Of course, the first part of our Saturday was spent supporting our Hawkeyes! After that, we headed to Freeport to visit the L.L. Bean Outlet (one of Troy's bucket list items). What a cute town! Known for its outlet center (which yes, we did check out) and for recreational activities like outside concerts and fireworks (which we also got to see). This is one of my favorite spots that we have visited so far!

The first (and only) moose we've seen in Maine! (Courtesy of L.L.Bean)

The stores were SUPER cute! I had to take at least one picture. The Cape Cod style is one of my favorite things Maine has to offer. Imagine an entire shopping center full of it!

Troy did a really good job of stepping into each picture I tried to take!

Enjoying a bit of the concert. Brett Dennen a folk singer, played this weekend. He was pretty good.

We had the BEST burgers at Johnny Rockets.



The cats enjoyed our L.L.Bean purchases too!



Sunday: Waterville
We decided to spend the day at home Sunday. However, we made the mistake of starting "The Walking Dead" series...and we are now addicted.

Monday: Winslow
Sept. 1st...our official one-year anniversary date. We visited a local coffee shop, Jorgensen's (my new favorite hang out spot...coffee, coffee, COFFEE!!!!) Did I say coffee? Then, we went to Winslow (as suggested by a Waterville local) to eat at "The Lobster Trap" where we took a seat outside overlooking the Kennebec river (beautiful). We shared a delicious lobster bake complete with lobster, scallops, haddock and shrimp. Dinner was followed up with some AMAZING ice cream from Gifford's (Maine's famous ice cream stand). 

My cone: Maine Wild Blueberry & Maple Nut
Troy's Cone: Fly Fishing Fudge & Maine Wild Blackberry

We had a WONDERFUL Labor Day weekend and hope everyone else did too! Watching the Hawks win definitely made us miss home, but we had a LOT of fun checking out more fun places in Maine! Thanks for reading! :)