It was both our first time in Maine, and little did we know the area where we booked the B&B was almost completely remote. Like, one available restaurant and zero streetlights. Good for hiking and lounging and relaxing, but I ended up coming to the conclusion that I only like doing that when I’m camping… maybe I’m just not a B&B person? Do Asians like B&Bs? Aaaaand now it’s a racial thing lol.

Still, Maine was undeniably beautiful and we had a nice time.

The lake sunset… I could look at this all day.

Earlier in the day, when we went down to scope out the lake for the first time, the weather was absolutely perfect. It was actually raining in New York the weekend we left, so just by dumb luck we got to escape downer weather for clearer skies.

The view back from the jetty.

We spent Saturday in downtown Portland — quaint! — where we were regularly taken aback by how nice everyone is.

I was also taken aback by how nice I was when I was there. Not once did I become afflicted with the sidewalk-walky rage (you know what I’m talking about). If people were slow I just slid peacefully past them like a Zen Buddhist monk on his way to the Bodhi Tree and not like a crazy person muttering crazy-person things on his way to the crazy train. Spiritual growth!

Of course, The Boyfriend and I had to maximize our Maine Experience by getting our fill of that fresh seafood everyone’s always talking about.

So much yum. :)

All in all it was a sweet little thing to do the weekend before my birthday. I don’t know why I was feeling so much anxiety about being thisclose to leaving my 20s behind. I’m happier with my life than I’ve ever been, than I can honestly ever remember being, but I have to admit something about the slipping away of time never ceases to be disconcerting.

A friend that I haven’t talked to in years sent me a birthday wish on Facebook also sharing in this sentiment, which was ironically comforting because it reminded me of all the lovely late night chats we used to have in tea houses in Taipei.

That was certainly a long time ago.

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