Memorial Day Weekend

I hope everyone had a great Memorial Day weekend, I know Aaron and I did. Saturday, while heading to the new Cabela’s in Scarbourough, we heard on the radio that Don Mclean was playing at Discovery Park for the L.L. Bean Family Fun Weekend . Since the L.L. Bean store is only 10 miles down the road, we decided to check it out later that day.

Here I am posing with the giant boot outside the L.L. Bean flagship store in Freeport. No, I don't know this little girl. She was on the boot a lot!

Don Mclean singing away! I don't know a lot of his songs but we did get to hear American Pie, which was cool!

The Memorial Day parade in Brunswick was great. There were a lot more people there than I thought there would be. The parade was filled with Retired Vets, Navy Shipman, Marines, Soldier, school bands and random kids with decorated bikes. Aaron actually got to be a part of the parade (not because he wanted too!). He was escorting a General (1 star) all day. The General was a guest speaker at the ceremony held after the parade. It was a beautiful day of remembrance. I did great until they played taps. It gets me every time.

Aaron in an old WWII jeep. The guy driving was the owner of the jeep.

The sun was shining so bright that after the parade, Aaron and I decided to take the dogs (Yes, dogs. We are watching Garrett's dog, Mally) to a local state park. Bradbury Mountain State Park
has picnic areas, playgrounds and trail for hiking, biking, horseback riding and snowmobiles. We hiked to the summit. The best part about the park was that you could choose the trail difficulty. We hiked to the top on an easy trial (I am not in as good of shape as Aaron!) and came down a harder trail. It was a great 3 mile hike! Thanks Sara again for the great suggestion! Here are a few pics from our hike up the mountain.

Aaron with the doggies.

Boone and I reached the summit!

It was great weekend all around! Aaron was able to have almost the whole weekend off and the weather was beautiful to do some more exploring. Thanks to my friend Sara's suggestions, we have a whole list of fun things/places to try out this summer.