Honeymoon in Maine


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April at the Omni in San Antonio, before flying to Boston
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The view from our hotel window in San Antonio
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Michael in Portsmouth, NH, examining the maps to our undisclosed honeymoon location
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200-year-old church in Kittery Point, ME
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Ft. McClary, Kittery Point, ME
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Hallowell, ME Historic District
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April and Michael at our undisclosed location, Alamoosook Lakeside Inn, Orland, ME
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April at Alamoosook
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View of Alamoosook Lake
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April says it was a perfect honeymoon
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The bridge between the inn and Bucksport, ME
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Michael at the inn
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Michael, April and a lobster in Belfast, ME
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Dice Head Lighthouse in Castine, ME
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Where the woods meet the sea in Castine
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April on the beach at Moose Point State Park
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But Michael didn't see any moose
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Acadia National Park
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Dean Hill Cemetery in Orrington, ME, where some of Michael's Nourse ancestors lived
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Heading north, Mt. Katahdin in the distance
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Fall colors in Smyrna ME
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On an Amish farm in Smyrna ME
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More fall colors in Smyrna
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But who notices the trees when you're in love?
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April in the inn's breakfast room, fog on the lake
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April at an old church in Camden ME
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Michael and Curtis Island Lighthouse, Camden
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April and Michael on the Camden harbor cruise
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Our first boat trip of the afternoon
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Michael on historic Chestnut Street, Camden ME, with Mt. Battie behind him
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April on Washington Street, in Camden
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Under sail on our second boat trip of the afternoon
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Aboard the Schooner Surprise, built in 1918
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Captain Jack says that "Aye aye" is the nautical term for "yes, dear." Captain Barbara agrees.
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Dessert and tea at Whitehall Inn, Camden ME
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The Edna St. Vincent Millay room at Whitehall Inn

Our Website

  • Special thanks to Dave and Eloise McGinnis for giving us this trip as a wedding present
  • Alamoosook Lakeside Inn
  • The History of Castine, ME
  • The Amish community in Smyrna, ME
  • Edna St. Vincent Millay poem, inspired by the view from Mt. Battie, which Michael read to April in Camden
  • The Schooner Surprise