We rode the bus to the Visitor’s Center then to Jordan Pond House to check off another Maine food item by eating popovers. Served with butter and strawberry jam, popovers and tea have been served here for over 100 years at this restaurant inside Acadia National Park . The baking pans and the popover mix…

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NE New England, where the letter ‘r’ is silent. The rainy morning was perfect for doing laundry. One other person was using the machines, so we had a conversation while he was folding and I was transferring clothes. He is a sailor who is now trying the RV life. He and his wife live north…

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The sounds of surf pounding on the rocks & the bells on the buoys, the smells of seaweed & pine trees, and beautiful points to see the surf accompanied us on our coastal trail walk in Acadia. Sometimes there were lots of people, sometimes we were alone. We flagged down a bus at the end…

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With Hurricane Lee promising some wind and lots of rain for Mt. Desert Island, it is time for us to leave. We had an awesome week-and-a-half in Acadia National Park! We drove to Bangor to purchase my copy of Holly by Stephen King in his hometown. The Gerald Winters and Son bookstore downtown sells King…

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We found a campground in the White Mountains of New Hampshire that seems to be out of the path of Hurricane Lee. At least it was when I made the reservation earlier this week. There were many mobile road signs warning about the approaching hurricane to make sure people were informed. Twin Mountain/Mt. Washington KOA…

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We saw rain (from tropical storm Lee) on RADAR, but nothing is happening. Cherry Mountain trailhead is just a mile down the road from our campground, but highway 115 is really busy, so we drove there. Primrose got a little scared that we didn’t set up the kennel for her and Catnip, so she came…

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Pondicherry Wildlife Refuge is nearby and has several trails available for hiking or biking and winter activities. We walked to Cherry Pond to see the wooden platform lookout. Then we took the shore path through the woods, walked on the railroad tracks, took part of the Rampart Path then crossed over to the Little Cherry…

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Yesterday was a rainy day, so we avoided wet rocks and slick mud hikes by doing laundry and working in the campground. I shared the laundry room with another couple so we each had one working washer—just like home. Four dryers all working was helpful. They are from NC and heading to Acadia looking for…

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Pemaquid Point Lighthouse was our destination for today, and we will stay in Pemaquid Point Campground for two nights. The keepers house is now a museum that has lots of displays about history and tools of the fishing trade of this point. One book documents historical shipwrecks. One bad storm (early 1900s) saw two fishing…

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I spent the morning at the beach while Tony had meetings and worked. He did take a coworker’s challenge to get his feet wet while I was playing in a tide pool. So many things to see and gently mess with. The hermit crabs were numerous and seemed to find periwinkle shells to inhabit. The…

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