The Schoodic Peninsula and Bar Harbor

Yesterday, Sunday the 15th, we headed to the Schoodic Peninsula.  It is across the bay from Bar Harbor, about an hour drive from where we are.  We were told that this park was just as beautiful as the part close to us.  We didn't think that was possible.

Shot from a view point along the way.  Some other tourists were kind enough to take our picture for us.

The tide was way out

 

 

Nice rock just perfect for a rest. The rock had absorbed the heat from the sun.

I guess you can see why they say it is just as beautiful!

 

 

 

 

All this rock is granite.

Bar Harbor is in the background.

I told Rog not to jump!

 Small harbor of Milbridge, we stopped here and had a lobster roll!

There are so many really old (circa 1800) churches, just had to take a picture of this one.

 

Today, we headed back into Bar Harbor, to check out the village and do a little shopping.

 

The 4 masts belong to the Margaret Todd, we watched it motor out into the bay.

These cannons were used in the 1800's

Walking path along the shore.

 This house was amazing.

 

The pictures of the church below don't do it justice.

 

 

 

 

 

The stained glass windows were made by Tiffany.

 

Interesting store front.

This is a shot of the street.  It was a very busy day, Rog managed to find a moment when a car wasn't coming down the street.

 

This is supposed to be a lobster eating an ice cream cone...no, I didn't have one.

 

We've had two great days, not sure what we will do tomorrow yet.  But we do know our cat, Isaac, is enjoying having us back in the camper!

 



 

 

Hope everyone is having a great day!

 

Wish you were here...

 

Bass Harbor Lighthouse Acadia National Park Maine

 

A picture is worth a 1,000 words, isn't it. We've been here in Maine since Thursday afternoon. The trip from Vermont was uneventful, used a 2 lane road, never made it over 50 miles an hour.  It was raining and the road was very curvy but good. Friday it was very foggy and rained too, but we still managed to go over to Acadia and look around a little.

 

Today, we woke up to sunshine! Headed to the Bass Harbor Lighthouse, which is one of the few you can see from land.

 

This lighthouse is active and the beam can be seen from 13 nautical miles away.  The US Coast Guard maintains it.  A coast guard family lives in the house.

 

We walked up these stairs to the top.

This is a picture of the lens that makes the light, you can actually see our reflection in it.

View from the light keepers house

Don't these look perfect!

 

We drove a ways and took a hike to Ship Harbor trail.  Just a 1.7 mile walk, with amazing views.

 

 

 

We took a lot of pictures didn't we?  It's just breathtaking.  Reminds us a lot of the Oregon coast, although I think this is a little more rocky, granite everywhere.

 

 

 

Afterwards, we headed back to the campground and stopped at Atlantic Brewing company.

 

 

 Tasted some very good micro brews and had a sandwich too.  It was a great day!

 

Tomorrow, who knows what we will find to explore....

 

 



The " hills are alive",,,maybe it should be mountains..

 

Vermont is gorgeous! This is the view from the Von Trapp Family Lodge in the mountains overlooking Stowe, VT.  (Hills are alive,,,Sound of Music,,,for those of you old enough,,,)

 

 

But I guess we should start at the beginning, shouldn't we.  Tuesday we drove through rain all day from New York, survived the freeways and the road construction.  We arrived in St Johnsbury, VT around 3pm.  We are staying at the Moose River Campground.

 

 

 

We really like this campground.  Sort of wish we had some more time to spend here.

 

Last night we went out to dinner.  Asked the campground host for a recommendation.  She told us about Mooselook restaurant.

 

 

She told us it wasn't fancy, that was fine by us, we were just hungry since we hadn't eaten much all day.

 

This is what it looked like!  YES, we did go in,,,this is what Rog had for dinner..

 

 

This is the Fisherman's platter, haddock, clams, shrimp and scallops!  (and yes, he is wearing a B100 shirt and he ate it all)

 

The food was amazing, we were both stuffed.  Moral of the story, never judge a restaurant by it's exterior!

 

Today we got up and headed west toward Stowe, VT. Wanted to check out Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream Factory, Cabot Cheese and the Von Trapp Family Lodge.

 

 

Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream factory, Stowe, VT.

 

Part of this lodge was the original Von Trapp family lodge, built in the 60's.

 

On the way back to our camper we saw a rainbow.  We actually saw where the rainbow hit the ground.  No pot of gold though.  It was beautiful.  Don't know if you can make it out in this picture or not.

 

 

We leave Vermont tomorrow, headed to Bar Harbor, Maine.  We really enjoyed seeing the countryside.  Driving through many small towns.  Vermont seems to be made out of small towns and mountains.  No "big box stores", no malls, can't say I even saw a regular grocery store.  Just people finding a way to make a living supporting one another with their trade or business.  Just people helping people.  I think we will be back some day.  There is much more to see.

 

On to Maine!  Our adventure continues!









Our adventures continue, headed to Maine!

After a summer of home improvement projects, we were both ready and excited to hit the road!
We left September 7th, decided to stop by Mom and Paul's house for hugs and fresh produce!

 

They are 2 of the strongest most resilient people I know.  They've had a rough summer, but nothing can keep them down! So we stopped in Archbold, Ohio, blocked the road, and gave them hugs before we headed east. We love them dearly.

 

First stop was McKean, Pennsylvania. We chose this location because it is close to Presque Isle State Park.  Which Rog's brother Dave and wife Sally told us about.  We rolled in around 3pm and after getting set up I didn't want to cook, imagine that. So we headed into the borough of McKean.  There was a restaurant with a  smokehouse called Six Pack advertised in the KOA campground flyer we wanted to check out.  We stopped and filled up with diesel and asked the clerk and the local policeman if they knew anything about it.  Neither of them did, but told us they thought there was a store called Six Pack up the road.  Not to be daunted by such unimpressive of a review, we went in search of it.

 

This is what it looked like on the outside, but, what you can't tell is the wonderful smell that was coming from this building.  Have you ever grilled/smoked something and you just knew it was good?  Well that is what it smelled like! The place was packed so we got our food to go.

They even sold one of our favorite Oregon beers from Full Sail.

There were at least 2 cups of pulled pork on each sandwich, it melted in our mouths!

 

Today we headed to Presque Isle State park.  It's only a 15 minute drive from our campground.  This park is basically a 10 mile loop road on a peninsula. It sits just off the bay of Erie, PA with Lake Erie to the north. There was a tall ships festival going on in Erie, but unfortunately, the camera on my cell didn't do the ships justice. There were bike paths following the loop road and many people out enjoying the gorgeous afternoon.

 

It was VERY windy!

 

Even got a shot of a lighthouse built in 1827.

 

 



and, a life guard on duty...or so the sign said, but it looked like he was asleep...

 

There was a monument to Navy Admiral William Perry, his famous quote was "don't give up the ship" I tried to get a picture of a flag with that. He defeated the British in the war of 1812 at the battle of Put-N-Bay, I think it said :)

 

 

We enjoyed Presque Isle, tomorrow we are off to Unadilla, NY.  Just as stop over.  Then to St Johnsbury, Vermont!  I'm excited about that.  Never been to Vermont!  I probably won't update the blog again till then.  Till next time..