Category: Camping
-
Check out Day
Saturday is check out day at the condo Don & Donna Bartlett loaned us, so we got up and were on the road by 9. We were going to head to Gardiner ME, to meet cousins Randy and Linda at noon and follow them to the Haskell camp on Damariscotta Lake for lunch and possible…
Written by
-
Dive-in Theatre
What a hoot — today we went out on the m/v Seal and watched Diver Ed explore the bottom of Frenchman’s Bay via live video feed. Ed was a hit with the kids as he took “mini-Ed” (a plastic diver) with him and we saw live video of mini-Ed being attacked by lobsters and crabs,…
Written by
-
Caves, Celebrations & Stars
Coffield & Sally Knight, from Chapel Hill, celebrated their fiftieth anniversary today and we were honored to share some of the celebration with them and their family — here in Acadia. We toured a lobster hatchery with them in the morning, where Noah volunteered to band lobster claws, and then joined them for a toast…
Written by
-
Schoodic
Schoodic Peninsula is a special place in Maine. As the only part of Acadia National Park that is attached to the mainland, it doesn’t see as much traffic as Mt Desert Island. The rocky points that reach out into the Atlantic make for great pictures as the waves crash against granite. On the way we…
Written by
-
Acadia
First full day in Maine was spent with Randy & Linda Haskell giving us a tour of Acadia National Park on Mt Desert Island. Started with tidepools in the fog, moved on to a short hike and found Bass Harbor Lighthouse where I’d played with the light house keeper’s son when I was a kid.…
Written by
-
Pilgrimage
We’re on our way to Maine, just not by boat. Rented a car in Plattsburgh, NY this morning took a ferry across Lake Champlain, and headed across the top of Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine to get to Ellsworth where Mark’s Aunt and Uncle have loaned us a condo! The Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream…
Written by
