Saturday, September 30.
Our adventure had us leaving Fort Collins at 4:15am for our flight to Boston, MA. The flight was good and we arrived a few minutes early and managed to find the correct shuttle bus to the rental car terminal. We could pay in advance for the toll roads ($15.95/day!) or pay a fee plus the tolls when we return the car, so we opted for that choice because we would only be on toll roads two days this week. After video taping all of the dings and scratches on the car before leaving the lot, we were on our way. Google maps routed us on the "avoid tolls" route to Lincolnville, Maine where we were spending our first night. Oh my gosh! We meandered through so many little towns, had a traffic jam for about 20 minutes trying to get by a community fair, and making a few wrong turns. After almost 3 hours of this we FINALLY decided to get on the toll road and get moving! We stopped in Woolwich, Maine for dinner and had some reallly delicious clam chowder. Back on the road, we had about an hour until we reached the Mount Battie Inn in Lincolnville, Maine for the night. It took us about five hours and we were both exhausted! We had a really nice room, the beds were comfy, and we had fresh baked muffins and breads for breakfast.
AND the best thing was, the government reached an agreement to keep the government open for the next 45 days, so we were able to continue our adventure to Acadia National Park on Sunday!
Sunday, October 1
We got on the road about 9:30 this morning heading to Acadia. There was some road construction and the pulloff to see this bridge was closed. This picture is from 2017.
This was our view this morning!
We had some fog and clouds this morning!
After arriving at the Acadia NP Hulls Cove Visitor Center and getting the scoop on things, we caught a park shuttle bus to Otter Point. Our driver advised us to start there and hike back to Sand Beach because it would be easier to catch a bus. As we saw how full our bus was when we got there, it made perfect sense! We started our 2 mile hike back following the Ocean Trail. High tide was 12:30pm, so the waves were still big.
Some of the trail was away from the water and even up on the road, but we always managed to get back to see the water.
Some of the leaves are just starting to turn colors.
When I was here in 2017 with Tobey, we did see some of the same things - and it's funny because I took this exact picture of the tree below and have it in our blog back then!
When we got closer to Thunder Hole, we could hear the waves crashing in and they closed the lower observation walkway because it was too dangerous. In this video you can see the waves coming in.
https://youtu.be/Bd2IH6ZmYe0?feature=shared
We continued on to Sand Beach where there we lots of people. Much different that 2017!
We were able to catch the bus and headed on to Jordan Pond. I didn't remember visiting here before, but I did! You can see the Bubble "mountains" in the distance. Their elevations are only 766' and 872' so it's hard for me to call them mountains!
Here the colors were starting to show.
Here the colors were starting to show.
We didn't spend very long because we wanted to catch the bus to Bubble Pond so we cut back to the parking on one of the "inland" trails. It was pretty, too.
Bubble Pond was also a short stop, but pretty cool. There was a higher concentration of trees with their red starting to show. We both wondered if everything is later because the spring weather was so much cooler everywhere.
Bubble Pond was also a short stop, but pretty cool. There was a higher concentration of trees with their red starting to show. We both wondered if everything is later because the spring weather was so much cooler everywhere.
There were some really cool mushrooms along the trail.
If you look very closely, you can see the tiny tree frog that Wendy spotted. He has really good camouflage!
I think Wendy got the perfect shot of the trees.
We arrived back at the Visitors Center five minutes after they closed at 4:30! Oh well, we are going back to the park tomorrow and can get postcards then! On our way to the Airbnb in Lamoine we spotted this restaurant on our way so we stopped for dinner. What a great choice!!
The last time I was in Maine, Tobey and I tried lobster rolls twice and I didn't like them either time. The woman that worked here was so sweet and said if I didn't like it, bring it back and they would make something else! I opted for the "naked lobster roll" which did not have any mayonaise sauce, but was served with drawn butter. It was amazing! Wendy got the regular and I tried it, too, and it was also delicious! It had very light mayonaise and fresh chives from their garden. We ate outside and shared some blueberry pie for dessert. Not a bad way to end the day!
We had about a 30 minute drive to our farm house stay tonight. It's really a cute place and I will take pictures tomorrow, so for tonight, Good Night!
The last time I was in Maine, Tobey and I tried lobster rolls twice and I didn't like them either time. The woman that worked here was so sweet and said if I didn't like it, bring it back and they would make something else! I opted for the "naked lobster roll" which did not have any mayonaise sauce, but was served with drawn butter. It was amazing! Wendy got the regular and I tried it, too, and it was also delicious! It had very light mayonaise and fresh chives from their garden. We ate outside and shared some blueberry pie for dessert. Not a bad way to end the day!
We had about a 30 minute drive to our farm house stay tonight. It's really a cute place and I will take pictures tomorrow, so for tonight, Good Night!
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