My grandmother on my father's side, Eleanor Parker, was killed in an automobile accident less than a mile from her home in Lewiston in January 1984. The driver of the other car, who survived, was under the influence of marijuana and alcohol when he hit her car as she was driving from work. She was cremated and her ashes were spread in the ocean off of Land's End on Bailey Island, ME.
Growing up, Bailey Island was a popular destination for my family. If it was a slow weekend, sometimes we would just drive out to the ocean there and fly a kite, or shop in the gift shop at the end of the road. For my brother and me, it was the only way to connect with a grandmother we never got to meet.
This past Sunday, a rainy September Sunday, Katelyn and I made the familiar drive (to me, anyway) to visit The Driftwood Inn on Bailey Island, Maine.
