Portland Head Light
My first stop was the Whole Foods Market located on Franklin Street in Portland. This is a relatively large market that caters to new age groupies wearing Burkenstock sandals and driving huge 4 wheel drive SUV's. The store specializes in a large variety of organic foods. Unfortunately most of the foods were off limits to me. Even though lots of foods were organic most were very high in sodium and would send my blood pressure off the scales if I did eat the stuff. I ended up purchasing a few boxes of cereal and a small tub of almond butter. It was lunch time so I decided to have some veggies from the food bar that would fit into my new low salt diet.
My next stop was Hamilton Marine. Hamilton Marine sells boating supplies for commercial and serious recreational boaters. I was looking for a hasp to secure a patio door but when I learned it would cost me over $30.00 I began to think about making one myself.
Leaving Hamilton Marine I drove through the Old Port and along the waterfront. The area has gone through a complete transformation since I last visited the area. It was bustling with activity as it is a popular stopping point for locals and tourists. A Harvard college student went missing the night before so there was lots of activity with rescuers searching for him. I later learned he apparently became intoxicated and it appeared he fell into the water and drowned. It was sort of sad as his graduation was the same week.
I followed the shore road out of Portland to the Portland Head Light which is the entry into Portland Harbor. I spent about an hour here walking on the footpaths along the shore taking time to stop along the way to photograph the area.
Leaving the Lighthouse I headed south towards Boston and before too long it started to rain fairly heavy and it was getting late in the day. As I did not look forward to driving in the dark with the driving rain I decided to push on home arriving back in Groveland at about 7:30 pm.
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