Okay ... It's been a while since we last posted ... but have been very busy with work and celebration of the 24th of July. We have been working so hard that our FM managers gave us both Thursday and Friday off so we could celebrate the 24th of July and have an extra day to see the area. On Thursday we decided to travel to Rutland with the Slades to see the Norman Rockwell Museum, the Vermont Marble Museum and the New England Maple Museum all are within a few miles of each other. This was there normal day off but we had not had a Thursday off before so it was great that it worked out for us to spend some time traveling and visiting with them.
Norman Rockwell's main museum is in Mass. but he lived near Rutland for several years so has one there also. I was really impressed with his works and did not realize that he had drawn so many illustrations. The next stop was the Marble Museum and it was interesting to note that several of our nations monuments in DC are built from Vermont Marble ... it was an interesting visit. We came back to the JSM Visitors Center that evening to have dinner with all the other missionaries. Played a game after and had a really great time.
The next day we traveled with the Sanford's to the coast of Maine which was still in our our Mission. The Sanford's are from Maine so they wanted to see the coast again and eat some seafood. So we were lucky to have a guided tour of a small part of Maine. We travelled first to Old Orchard Beach. Beautful white sands and thousands of people. We walked the beach and enjoyed the ocean for a couple of hours then travelled to Two Lights light house and to Portland Head lights light house. Portland head light is the most photographed light house in Maine and it was a great place. We did a little shopping at a place called Mardins, which is only in Maine, and they sell things at wholesale. Then we drive home. Long day but now we have been to Maine.
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