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elleng

(141,926 posts) Thu Sep 30, 2021, 05:08 PM Sep 2021

Fishing in Saco Bay,

view from hotel balcony (in Old Orchard Beach.)

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Fishing in Saco Bay, (Original Post) elleng Sep 2021 OP

Went to Saco from Oregon a couple times years ago.. Permanut Sep 2021 #1

Old Orchard is one of my favorite spots. Its like a 1940's arcade. 3Hotdogs Sep 2021 #2

Thanks, nice here, yes old-fashioned. Just realized I can't catch sunSET from my balcony, elleng Sep 2021 #3

If you have the time... 2naSalit Sep 2021 #4

Ogonquit, on Rt 1, within a few miles of Old Orchard. It is a better use of your time than Portland 3Hotdogs Sep 2021 #5

Were you staying at the Brunswick? OAITW r.2.0 Sep 2021 #6

Staying @ Rebekka 'Inn,' adjacent to former Sandpiper. elleng Sep 2021 #7

Permanut

(8,569 posts)

1. Went to Saco from Oregon a couple times years ago..

Reply to elleng (Original post)

Thu Sep 30, 2021, 05:31 PM

Sep 2021

When Nike had a factory there.

3Hotdogs

(15,547 posts)

2. Old Orchard is one of my favorite spots. Its like a 1940's arcade.

Reply to elleng (Original post)

Thu Sep 30, 2021, 05:43 PM

Sep 2021

Ogonquit is still wonderful.

Portland's Exchange Place was fun up to th 80's. Now, who wants to go there to see a Starbucks and Gap store?

elleng

(141,926 posts)

3. Thanks, nice here, yes old-fashioned. Just realized I can't catch sunSET from my balcony,

Reply to 3Hotdogs (Reply #2)

Thu Sep 30, 2021, 06:24 PM

Sep 2021

maybe catching the moon later, and sunRISE tomorrow!

Ogonquit looked interesting, and going to see Portland museum tomorrow, so may get my special drink from Starbucks; tastebuds don't like coffee now but barister @ home invented a new drink, which satisfies me; it's a win! Will look around Portland for 'stuff.'

2naSalit

(103,808 posts)

4. If you have the time...

Reply to elleng (Reply #3)

Thu Sep 30, 2021, 06:37 PM

Sep 2021

A drive out to Cape Elizabeth is nice. Haven't been there in decades but it might still be nice and peaceful.

3Hotdogs

(15,547 posts)

5. Ogonquit, on Rt 1, within a few miles of Old Orchard. It is a better use of your time than Portland

Reply to elleng (Reply #3)

Thu Sep 30, 2021, 07:33 PM

Sep 2021

It has a Marginal Way walk of about 2 miles. Every bend of the path introduces a magnificent view. I don't know if you have a camera (hee, hee) but you will get good usage of it on the Marginal Way. It was a WPA/CCC project during the Great Depression.

Save Portland for the evening and get a ticket for one of the harbor cruises... bring a jacket as it will be cool/cold. Find a cruise that goes to the lighthouse.

OAITW r.2.0

(32,599 posts)

6. Were you staying at the Brunswick?

Reply to elleng (Original post)

Thu Sep 30, 2021, 08:19 PM

Sep 2021

Spent a lot of quality time hanging in OOB back in the day.....

elleng

(141,926 posts)

7. Staying @ Rebekka 'Inn,' adjacent to former Sandpiper.

Reply to OAITW r.2.0 (Reply #6)

Thu Sep 30, 2021, 08:35 PM

Sep 2021

Just looked it up: 'The Rebekah, a beachfront Inn, was built in the early 1900’s as part of the historic Lafayette Hotel complex.'

https://rebekahinn.com/

Stayed @ Ramada in Kittery/Portsmouth yesterday.

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