ACADIA NATIONAL PARK

ACADIA MAINE-ATLANTIC OCEAN

Established February 26, 1919

47,748 Acres

It is located in Mount Desert Island once a continental mainland, a mountainous granite ridge on the edge of the ocean. Acadia one of the smaller nations parks, is one of the posted visit-by almost 2.5 million people a year.

                                    First stop: Visitor's Center

 I have a Passport Book that I get a stamp plus cancelation stamp at every National Park we go to. I've been told its called a "Nerd Book"!!

                    Our  next stop: a little hiking along the coastline

This is the pathway we encounter on our hikes! Okay...we're not like real hikers. Our friends Craig & Jenny are real hikers.... they climb mountains, valleys, & miles!!! We...need it pretty flat, wide, & short!!!

                                    Bass Harbor Head Lighthouse
                                    19TH CENTURY LIGHTHOUSE

Dan climbed down to the lower rocks to take pictures for an older couple but forgot to take our camera!

Then we realized we can walk there!!

Sand Beach

We left our boot prints in the sand

Summer water temperatures are between 50F-55F!!

Loved to hear the waves crash into the rocks

This is the story to picture below

CADILLAC MOUNTAIN

1530 FT

AWESOME VIEWS FROM TOP

Summit Trail: Highest east coast mountain north of Brazil. Here is one of the places where dawn touches the continental United States

                                  The city you see below is Bar Harbor from Cadillac Mt

                                                       
                                                               On top of Cadillac MT

Look what we find in the middle of the park??? If you had pocket change to use one, who knows what the number is???

The second day was overcast & how different you see the sea. It haves its own beauty & sounds

                                         Sea gulls are hugh here!

Yes...we did this trip on our trike!!

                                                       Enjoy!!
                                    Next stop...News Brunswick

MAINE COAST

                            HEADING EAST TO PORTLAND ME

States we drove through & each had their own beauty! Sorry I don't take pictures along the way of each state we travel through...the reason? I don't want to see my journey through a lens.

Our 1st time here! We now can say we have been in Portland OR & Portland ME

The shoreline looked like it had huge driftwood but it was slate.  

The Atlantic Ocean is beautiful. We sat in the sun & listened to the waves crushing in the rocks!

This was a narrow cliff hanging out into the ocean

Thats right..kids out there with no fear. Just to walk out there on the jagged rocks is stupid!!

Portland Head Light

One of the most FAMOUS lighthouses in the world is celebrating the 225th anniversary.

It's the second oldest lighthouse in the country, was commissioned by George 

Washington. The cost was $1500 & powered by 16 whale oil lamps.Now the light is an electric beacon rotating 24 hours a day that can be seen 24 nautical miles out to sea.The original tower measured 72 feet from base to lantern deck. The first keeper was Capt. Joseph Greenleaf, a Revolutionary War veteran, who received the right to live in the keeper's house & fish and farm in the vicinity in lieu of a salary.However he was ready to quit because he couldn't afford to stay on, so then they paid $160 a year to keep him on.

Unfortunately it was covered with scaffold due to a new paint job

In 1849, Maine's Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote a poem entitled, "The Lighthouse", which historians believe was inspired by Longfellow's many trips to Portland Head Light often visiting with the lightkeeper.

PORTLAND BREAKWATER LIGHT "BUG LIGHT"

This Lighthouse was south from Portland Head Light. It was built in 1855 as a wooden structure, but the breakwater was extended & a new lighthouse was constructed in 1875 with plates of cast iron. The architect design came from Athens Greece. It's one  of Maine's most elegant lighthouse

LOBSTER ROLL

Our first time eating one & the cost of this ...$19 for one roll! We shared but it wasn't worth the money! BUT that's what you're suppose to do when you're a tourist!

This restaurant is called Rosa Linda's .....must be named after my buddy Linda Homrich & me! One problem... the menu must only have pizza & popcorn because that's about all we cook! I forgot Margaritas too!

It's been great here in southern Maine! The coast is unbelievable!

Now it's time to move up the coast to Acadia National Park!

NASHVILLE TN

SIDE TRIP TO NASHVILLE TN

This stop in TN was on our way back to MI! We always have to stop in Nashville!!

We love the Honkey Tonks downtown! Check out this pedal bar...where were these when I was younger???

The view down Broadway...where future country singers HOPE for that one break!

Before we left AL we met some Canadian folks Randy & Norma....They followed us to Nashville! They are a hoot!!! 

They also have a motorcycle so we took a day & road 200 miles!!

                                                       Love this place! Great biscuits!!

                                                       
                                                         Trike & Can AM side by side

We drove parts of the Natchez Trace Parkway. The parkway stretches 444 miles from Nashville to Natchez, MS

Our new friends Randy & Norma

Until next time....