We were thrilled to be invited to spend the 4th July with Carl and Bridg’s family in Maine – a weekend of fireworks, campfires, water skiing and… a lot of fried chicken.

Pete & Bernadette sampling 'Southern Style Fried Chicken' (Rose's great secret Recipe)

We drove from Boston which took about 3 hours passing by New Hampshire which surprisingly advertises their State with the following slogan – Live Free or Die. Maine’s slogan had a much nicer ring to it – ‘The Way Life Should Be‘. Arriving at Frank and Bernadette’s beautiful home that backed onto the lake definitely fitted well with Maine’s ideology .

The perfect way to cool down in the US sun...

Following an afternoon out on the boat, we sat down to an amazing dinner prepared by Bernadette and her sister Rose (the fried chicken cooked to perfection by Frank and Rick) and drinks poured a plenty into red cups (Frat party style).

Dinner Time on the 4th July

A big thanks to Scott for taking us out later that evening for the fireworks display and for also hooning us around the lake whenever we felt like a ski.

Lis preparing to waterski

The sunset in Maine each night was absolutely stunning along with the Loon (water bird) sightings.

See our gallery... we could not stop taking photos of this sunset

A huge thanks to Bernadette, Frank, Allison, Turner, Rose, Rick, Anna, Alicia, Scott and Danielle. We had such a brilliant time celebrating with you and look forward to seeing you again…perhaps Australia Day 2012?

Smoares and Irish Car Bombs around the campfire...

To see a little more of our time in Maine, check out the Gallery:

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