A walk around the world

Over the weekend, we returned to the Captain Lord mansion in Kennebunkport for another birthday vacation:

We visited “Eartha” at DeLorme – a huge 42 foot diameter rotating model of the Earth, so big you have to see it on three floors!

It’s an incredible model, really making it clear just how small Europe and North America are, against the scale of the whole world – from the ground floor, you can’t even see those parts!
We also visited a couple of lighthouses, and a memorial to the Liberty Ships that were built in Portland, Maine during World War II …