On To New Hampshire And Vermont

After Acadia we headed south through Maine to New Hampshire and Vermont, leaf-peeping ground zero. We were not disappointed.

Passing by Mt. Washington

Acadia National Park

We visited Acadia NP in 1970 and were impressed. It was probably only the second or third national park we'd seen. If I can find some of the old pix I'll post them later. Meanwhile, we were at Acadia a couple days this time, at the end of the season. This is a park where the free shuttle service (provided by LL Bean) takes you just about anywhere you want to go, and we did the park loop and a stop at Bar Harbor the first day. The second day, the shuttle service was over, done for the season, so we just drove around on our own and did some walking on the excellent trails.

Flashback: Acadia NP, summer 1970

Flashforward: 2016: Last day of season visitor center
crowd; the line to pay entrance admission was out the
door

One of the hikes we did was from Sand Beach to
Otter Cliff; there's Sand Beach

Typical Acadian views along the way

Trees coming along nicely

Thunder Hole, sort of a cliff cave into which the waves
disappear and then thunder back out

View from near Thunder Hole

Thundering

A few hundred yards down the coast,
a former Thunder Hole; aeons ago

The trail, tucked in between the park loop road and
the cliffs and beaches

Interesting burls

Endless beautiful rocky coast

Sea stack baby

At Jordan Pond, the tradition is to have
a Popover at the restaurant

While waiting for ours to pop over,
we had a great view of something
utterly unique...an NPS employee
cutting down a tree (it had been
damaged in the winds from Matthew)

Vicki's popover and raspberry lemonade

Walking one of the famed Carriage Roads put in
by John D. Rockefeller (he didn't like cars driving
over his property); later he donated most of what
became Acadia NP (as well as Great Smokies NP,
Grand Teton NP, and more)

High country at Acadia; we hope to be back...a bit
earlier next time

Mainly Maine

We left Prince Edward Island October 8 and drove through New Brunswick again and then into Maine, as far as Ellsworth, where we spent another day weathering the remnants of hurricane Matthew. Especially not fun in a camper; and in cold weather. The next few days we spent in and around Acadia National Park, which we visited in 1970. Next post.

The fall color was already well underway in Maine

This, we think, was a blueberry burn (look it up)

We spent an afternoon in Bar Harbor ("Ba Haba") including some time at the
Abbe native American museum

Some beautiful stuff there, some old, some new

Me horsing around in a gift shoppe

Not much Art Nuvo in Bar Harbor, but there was this;
apparently only banks could afford it

Bar Harbor Harbor; sort of like Temple Bar Bar; the occurrence of "bar" in both
is merely coincidental...

At an old timey soda fountain

Couldn't resist

Driving around, in and out of the national park; this is South Harbor; or possibly
North Harbor

Rocky beach scene

The leaves were changing nicely

Maine lobster; I am now an accomplished lobster- eater, thanks to

Downloading this photo on to my phone; there's an app for everything

Lobster roll take-out from

This typical lobster pound...pretty, um, rustic

Anne of Green Gables

Anne's statue

Road side marker for the Green Gables route

Montgomery's birthplace, only a few miles from
Green Gables

The Green Gables house belonged to Montgomery's
aunt and uncle; it was added onto at one point to
accommodate the overnight guests visiting the
house because of the novels; now part of the
museum complex

Back of house

View from Anne's window

House is decorated in period furniture

The room Montgomery visualized as Anne's

Haunted Wood

Lovers' Lane; the house is surrounded by outstanding
natural beauty that the novels bring to the reader's mind