Maine

We enjoyed strolling the streets and a little shopping in Bar Harbor before the rains came. We were camped in the nearby Acadia National Park Blackwoods Campground.


This lobster tried to distract me into thinking about ice cream but I am not falling for it!

Even in the rain one can drive through Acadia National Park but one cannot see far from the top of Cadillac Mountain. In fact, we could not even see the top. This is the place where the sun can first be seen rising in the morning in the United States. It wasn't an option for us. All I could see was Leon ten feet from the van.


In Camden we stumbled upon an arts and crafts festival which I thought was quite a quality show. Here I bought my trip souvenirs: small flower vases made by Nancy.

Leon enjoyed these shovels. The man called them retired shovels and they all had smiles. No wonder!!!

Leon enjoyed watching the big boats get pushed around in the bay by young girls in little boats! The big boats were returning to the shore loaded with tourists. This was a mighty busy little town on a misty day.

We drove along stopping in Wiscasset for lunch. The crowds of people who had been down east (over in the Bar Harbor area which is really northeast??!) were returning on Sunday afternoon. By mid-afternoon we were enjoying 60 degree weather along the coast in Kennebunkport. We toured around Dock Square, an area of boutiques and shops in old restored buildings. There are only 1300 or so residents but it seemed that many people had gotten off the tour buses.


Of course, we made the typical tourist stop by the George Bush compound, the ex-president's house, as we drove alongside the rocky Maine coast on Ocean Avenue.

As the sun set we located our Walmart stop for the night in Biddeford, Maine. Monday morning the sun was shining bright. Ogunquit is a quaint seaside town and popular resort. We found the market in town a nice place for a delicious blueberry scone before walking along the coast on the Marginal Way, a walk constructed for just such an occasion which is quite well traversed. It did not hurt that there was a geocache on the path. The path is lined on one side by large homes and hotels looking across the path to the rocky shore and large bay.


Then it was south through New Hampshire (again) and on to Massachusetts.