Fall Traditions

There are many reasons why I love northeast, but one of the most important reason is the four seasons. Every year Prakhar and I make sure to see some fall foliage. This year we decided to check out Maine. We had 3 days but we covered good deal of fall foliage. I want to use this blog to document our travels and small details that we often forget. Details like how I forgot to pack a jacket and prayed the entire trip that the weather would cooperate. Like many of our trips, this was last minute planned trip. So we had our fingers crossed for good sunny weather, and colorful leaves. We first drove to Augusta, ME. Our original plan was to take a break in the town and then drive around. But the weather was so beautiful so decided to go on. We took Rt. 201 from Augusta and drove all the up to Quebec border. We never planned to go that far but the route was so beautiful we just couldn't help our selves. Next day drove on route 17 to Rangeley area. The road is picturesque. We stopped so often just to admire the scenery and take lots of pictures. The Height of Land is must stop. It's right before Rangeley. Unfortunately by the time we got to Rangeley town, it started to rain heavily. We did not want to risk driving through muddy road so we decided to head back to our next destination-Portland! The rain made the colors pop! The view was breathtaking. We had planned to spend the night in Portland. Of course wine is always involved. We decided to check out this Winery called The Honey Maker. All of their wines are made out of honey. So cool and so unique. My favorite was their Lavender Mead. Its made with locally grown Lavender! Afterwards, we headed to Portland downtown. The downtown Portland is gorgeous. Cute small shops and restaurants. We had dinner at Gritty McDuff's . I've never been a bar with so many vegetarian options. Beer and burgers = happy couple. The next morning we knew we had to drive back home so we did not want to wait for breakfast so we called few places and settled on Bayou Kitchen. Absolutely amazing brunch. Food was delicious and the place was really cute. I highly recommend it. From there we went to check out the light houses. The weather was beautiful and sunny. On our way back we stopped in Boston to see some friends and back home! Over all it was excellent trip. Of course few extra days off from work would've been great but we got to see plenty of colors, had local food and drinks. Good time.