Epinephrine Adventures: Acadia National Park and Bar Harbor, Maine

We made it to Maine! Zoomed through New Hampshire and Vermont, maybe 100 miles, but we did see a lot of beautiful country along the way. We decided Ellsworth, Maine would be our base camp for the week since it's only 20 miles from Acadia National Park.

Our first day, after our arrival day, we went to Acadia National Park. We drove up to the top of Cadillac Mountain. We were surprised that it was only 1500 ft! But then again we started at sea level.

At the top you can hike a short distance and have a 360 degree view of the entire island.

View towards Bar Harbor...look at my sun glasses...still have them and Andy hates them !

View from where we had our fantastic Andy picnic lunch

Andy loved Bar Harbor! She said this is her favorite town so far. Well, to be honest, she always says that every time we go somewhere new she likes...lol We went through many of shops and spent a lot of time deciding where to have lobster!

You poor creature...you taste so dang good...lucky me !

We found some!!

There was a moment where we were thinking What the Heck? Really !

The marina was gorgeous and mostly "lobsta"boats

While we were at Acadia National Park we did the loop road which is 27 miles around the park. There are lots of places to pull over and hike or just enjoy the scenery. It is well worth the trip.

Water bottle- the new Gnome.

Sandy Beach (that is the name of it) part of the park

Andy with her toes, though you can't see them, in the Atlantic Ocean for the first time.

The next day we decided to do a Sea Kayaking Tour on the west side of the island. They shuttled us over there and it was a 4 hour tour. Why is the Gilligan's Island song running through my head, lol.

Here we are in our skirts... all suited up and ready to go!

Andy didn't realize sea kayaking is much more difficult than river kayaking. She was glad when we stopped for lunch. Me too, since she lets me do most of the work! She was being a "Lilly", just dipping her paddle and making it look like she was paddling. It was a 5 mile trip and I was tired but I would do it again...if I had to ! No it was fun !

Only one other couple with us on the trip and they were fun to hang out with.

With our guide Jessica, she does two trips a day!! She was a sweetheart and a stud!

Our new friends Raz & Suz from Conn. with Jessica

OK... so maybe she did paddle a little.

Since we don't seem to be driving enough already we decided to take a road trip from our road trip. We took the car all the way up the north coast of Maine. Stopped in this little village and walked around a bit.

All the buildings are so old compared to what we see in Oregon. Some of the towns we went through were established in the mid 1700's!

Old bank building

Never saw one of these things. The darn thing lights up and sounds a alarm.

Since we were so close to Canada we decided we really should go into New Brunswick, Canada. A 30 minute wait to get across the border. It is not like Mexico that's for sure.

There was nothing on the other side! Well there was "something" of course but nothing we wanted to see or do. We stayed 17 minutes and went back across the border to America. The customs guy was really scrutinizing us and our very short stay.

No ! I am not mad !

Look guys ! We are so far north we can see the dark side of the moon ! No Really !!

265 miles later we are back home. Sun is shining... all is good. I decided to put the awning down to keep the sun off the side of the RV. Andy always asks me to so I did it without her having to ask. Yes, I know. I am a sweetheart.

Big mistake ! Out of no where... the rain & wind hit! HARD! By the time I got my shoes on and got outside to put the awning up, all of 45 seconds, maybe, too late! The wind ripped off the awning and it is now on the RV roof. People were running around the RV Park picking up their stuff and helping people. 4 RV's lost their awnings. We were the ones on top of the small hill. Lesson here...no parking on a hill. LOL

Andy was so glad she didn't ask me to roll out the awning ! LOL I must have heard that 20 times ! Am I that bad !

Temporary fix.. Too bad Chuck wasn't here ... he could fix it with a Band Aid

But there is always a rainbow at the end of the storm.

Randy, owner of Ellsworth RV, came out to the RV Park. He had all the parts on hand and was able to fix the awning without if being horribly expensive...thank goodness!