random thoughts – Day 1,272 – (Sunday) – day trippin’

When I noticed that a friend I met in Tennessee, who grew up in Maine, had posted photos tagged in Maine, I messaged her to ask how long she would be in New England. We made a plan to catch up and meet up in Freeport, Maine. The designated adventure day was today.

The route was plotted a couple days in advance, and I knew what time I needed to leave the house to arrive for noon. The wild card was the weather. Hot? Cool? Wet? Dry? The unknowns made planning what to wear a bit, um, challenging. It also meant I defaulted to my usual “pack 15 changes of clothing to leave the house” habit. Back up jeans, shirt, sweater, sneakers, and rain jacket were shoved into a tote bag. 

This particular neurosis means it looks like I am running away forever any time I’ll be out of the house for more than a few hours. It helps me to feel prepared and have options. It also may explain why my back and shoulder hurt so often.

Lunch!

The two-hour drive to Freeport was a breeze – the traffic volume was moderate and kept moving. There were good songs playing on “92.5 The River” and the weekly Sunday Brunch show, so I got to belt out some Prince, and Earth, Wind, and Fire as I rolled along the Interstate. 

We talked about the city where we both lived, life, love, and travel. We walked to the center of town and visited the bookstore and a couple resale clothing shops. We had lunch and afterward, ice cream. Later, we watched Eat, Pray, Love which I hadn’t seen in ages, and had forgotten most of, so it was like a brand new movie for me. We rarely looked at our phones. Such a great day. Like the Maine state slogan says, it was "The way life should be."