Things you will never forget...

On our last full day in Maine, we took an amazing hike out to the cliffs by the ocean.  This was by far the most strenuous/difficult hike we had done.    It was probably not more then a mile one way.  There wasn't a paved walkway, or path.  We followed cairns through the forest.

 

These piles of stones aren't any particular distance apart.  We really had to watch for them.  I was a little anxious, because after awhile they start to look like part of the natural landscape and I wondered if we could find our way back!  (of course Rog had no concerns).

 

We followed the markers and made our way, with the help of our walking sticks.  I really needed mine :)

The view at the edge was ....amazing.

We saw dolphins and an eagle!

 

Once we reached the cliff we sat and enjoyed a picnic lunch.  Best lunch I've ever had!

 

It was a wonderful way to spend a day. 

 

Saturday morning, Rog's birthday and our 41st wedding anniversary,  we received a phone call from our neighbor Brian who told us a large limb had just fallen on our roof!  It was one of those "now what do we do moments".  Our daughter Heather went to our house and into the attic and was able to see we had a hole in the roof, we knew we had to come home.  We called and cancelled our reservation for Kennebunkport, Maine.  I started planning a route home and places to stay.

We stopped outside of Boston at the Minute Man campground.  Nice park. Lots of very large evergreens!

 

 

Next day it was on to Pennsylvania, Promised Land State Park.

 

Promised Land could be a destination in our future.  Beautiful park.

Andre and Isaac were beginning to get tired of being closed in a crate everyday!  And this was only day two!

 

Next day we stopped very close to the Ohio border. This was strictly an overnight place.  No pictures taken there. By Thursday we were home. 

 

Once again we want to thank our neighbors, Rex and Brian for covering our roof for us.  Did an amazing tarp job.  Our daughter Heather for running over to get pictures for insurance.  We are blessed to have such good friends and family.  The LIMB and I say LIMB, almost a tree was removed on Thursday before we got home. So, we never actually got to see it up there. This just goes to show why we buy home owners insurance! 

 

Don't know when we will head out again.  This trip to Maine was something we had both been looking forward to for some time.  We want to go back and spend some more time exploring the coast and we would like to go farther north.

 

The best part of this post is that I can show you a picture of our WHOLE family!

 

Rhonda and Ivan were on their way to Maine to surprise us....they never made it to Maine, and we are glad this darn tree brought us all together!

 







Three days of "Wow, would you look at that"

It's been awhile since we posted anything.  We've been very busy, between hiking, biking and shopping.

Tuesday we hiked 4 miles on a path that followed the north coast of Mount Desert Island.  Acadia National Park and Bar Harbor are both on Mount Desert.  I know I've used the word breathtaking several times, but it's the only thing word I can come up with to describe this place.

This path follows the rocky coast. Sometimes, right on the cliffs, and others

through the forest.

I think we've mentioned before that the majority of these rock formations are granite.

We did see some puffins and otters.

This is called Thunder Hole. It sounds like thunder when the waves crash in and into the underground cave.

This is called Sand Beach. We think this might be the only sand in Maine!  It was a beautiful day and we really enjoyed walking beside the ocean.

This is our campground, Rog says we could have a runway behind our fifth wheel!

 

Wednesday

We decided we would try out the Carriage Roads with our bikes in the national park.  They were created by Roosevelt in the early 1900's.  This area was very popular with the wealthy east coast citizens.   There are 45 miles of roads, that are only used by bicycles, walkers and the carriages.

 

This is the entrance to one of the roads.  We rode for 12 miles.

This is Eagle Lake we rode around

The water was SOOO clear!

so clear you could see the tadpoles on the bottom!

No, we weren't lost!  Just checking to see how far we had ridden.

It was a great day, we really enjoyed it.  Hoping to get back out and try out another path, before we leave.

 

Thursday

 

Today, we headed to Cadillac Mountain.  The highest point at 1530 feet in Acadia National park.

We did not hike up!  Although, there are paths you can take.

 

Cadillac Mountain was formed by a volcano and glaciers.

We were up there climbing all over the rocks for hours.  It was just so beautiful.

 This is Eagle Lake from the Mountain top, the one we rode our bikes around.

After our day on the mountain, we headed back to Bar Harbor for some more shopping and lunch.  It was another wonderful day in Maine!

Till next time!