A Visit To Picturesque Portland, Maine

On Sunday we arrived in Portland for a sunny day. We'd never been to this lovely coastal city before, and old mooring posts, as well as warehouses, line the harbor. A morning excursion with only nine people, took us to Prout's Neck, to visit the studio of the great artist Winslow Homer. The site, with its cliff walks, is one of the most spectacular on the entire East Coast of the USA. The visit let us connect the life of the great genius to one of his favorite places. After returning to the city we toured the Portland Museum Of Art, (see photos below of paintings by Bierstadt and Homer,) and we enjoyed a fresh seafood lunch at famous DiMillo's. Then Jim took a short ride on the Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad, and visited the railroad museum, while Dan met some of our shipmates at the art museum, to walk through the McClellan house. - Dan