2016 4th Stop: Kennebunk & Kennebunkport

 We drove through Kennebunk, ME, on a pretty sunny day that really showed the town's flowers to full effect.  So pretty!  At entrances to shopping centers, in front of homes, at street corners, in front of service stations, and on light poles, the floral displays paid testament to the planning and ongoing care given by their owners.  Something about Maine, the flower beds and window boxes just seem more vibrant.  Maybe because the growing season is short?  I love it.

Next destination, Kennebunkport.  I'm sure we located the Bush compound, despite the lack of any sort of signage other than those forbidding parking of any RV's or busses at any of the nearby scenic viewing areas and the manned guard shack at the closed metal gates.  I get it completely.  Anyway, it is so nice.  Big and secluded and overlooking a beautiful waterview.  I'm sure the Bush family has made good use of the serene vistas to escape world issues and politics, and instead focus on family and the things most important.  (Forgive me if I have misidentified the Bush property.  If they don't own this piece of heaven, they should.)

Nearby there is a beautiful old church that the Bush family has attended and supported.  Reminded me in many ways of some of the churches I have visited in Europe. 

Very nice and offering a wonderful view of the coastline.  We sure don't get these kind of views from the church parking lot in Maryland very often.