Mini Road trip to Maine

Last weekend was a family weekend in Bethal, Maine. It is about a 3 hour drive so I took most pictures from the backseat of the car while I listened to my mom and grandmother go at it. Mirror to the future I tell ya. While the drive is much to be desired, the scenery is beautiful. We stayed at a hotel we have been staying at since I was 10 which made it seem like a home away from home. I barely took any pictures of my family because we were drinking most of the time and we have a rule of when your family members look like crap, those pictures never see the light of day. That being said here are my pictures from Maine :)

As we crossed the bridge into Maine, which my mom can not drive due to fear of heights. My grandmother drove, which was equally horrifying. 

Getting into the part of Maine that reminded me of Minnesota. The color of that sky though, can not try to recreate that color. This is the part of Maine where there are not many towns or people in the towns. Actually it was the first time I had been in that part of Maine with the new highway that they put in. 

my favorite 

Clearly I am not a photographer, but I am in love with these pictures. When we were about 30 minutes away I told my mom pedal to the metal because the sunset would be amazing from the hotel. I just love how the sun is slowly going down but shining like crazy. It is rare these days to take a picture without something man-made being in it, and I think that is why I like these ones. The sun breaking over only nature is a sight to be seen.

Told you it would be epic! These pictures do not do the sunset justice. It was like the sky was on fire in a cool way. I only got a picture one night we were there because I was doing family stuff the rest of the time. That sunset though. 

After playing in the arcade with my cousins for a few hours on the last day I realized in all the years going, I had never been on the back deck of the hotel. The land behind the hotel was about 5 times the size of the hotel and went on for miles I could not capture. If it had not been 20 degrees out I would have gone exploring. Seeing nothing but land for miles is a reminder how small we all are. Also it is refreshing that there is still land that is untouched.

Finally on the long ride home, exhausted and sore from a night of sleeping funny, I was spooked out by the fog that rolled in. There is a lake in these pictures, you just can not see it. I was super thankful I was not driving in this because fog at home is one thing, fog in the mountains is a whole other ball game. Well that is my trip to Maine. I swear I did other things besides take pictures of the landscape, I just have no evidence of this. Hope you enjoyed the pictures!