Tuesday, August 22, 2006
Sightseeing and Shopping in Maine
On Wednesday (August 16) we drove from the caravan end in Fredricton, New Brunswick to Trenton, Maine – about 20 miles from Bar Harbor. During the day on Thursday and Friday, we toured Acadia National Park on Mount Desert Island. We took a pretty strenuous, short hike up Bubble Top Mountain on Tuesday. On Wednesday, we took a longer (3.2 mile) but easier hike around Jordan Pond. Thursday evening we went to dinner with Doug Lackey and his wife JoAnne. Doug was a contemporary of mine who spent his career in-house at BellSouth and retired in March of this year. He and JoAnne have a nice waterfront summer house about 10 miles from Bar Harbor.
Saturday (after Friday’s cruise ship departed), Carol and I went sightseeing in downtown Bar Harbor. We bought an oil painting in one of the Bar Harbor galleries that we plan to hang over the fireplace when we get home.
On Sunday we drove to Freeport, Maine down U.S. 1. The traffic was horrible. Monday we shopped in Freeport, with our primary stop at the huge L.L. Bean store.
Today (Tuesday) we got up early and had our motorhome serviced at the Freightliner dealer in Westbrook. During the morning service, we went to a major mall in Portland for window-shopping. We picked the motorhome up about 1:00 p.m., then drove about 5 hours to Bennington, Vermont, where we have both cable TV and WiFi access.
Our current plan is to continue west through Vermont and New York until we hit I-77. We’ll then head south with the goal of arriving home in Tallahassee before the Labor Day weekend.
Saturday (after Friday’s cruise ship departed), Carol and I went sightseeing in downtown Bar Harbor. We bought an oil painting in one of the Bar Harbor galleries that we plan to hang over the fireplace when we get home.
On Sunday we drove to Freeport, Maine down U.S. 1. The traffic was horrible. Monday we shopped in Freeport, with our primary stop at the huge L.L. Bean store.
Today (Tuesday) we got up early and had our motorhome serviced at the Freightliner dealer in Westbrook. During the morning service, we went to a major mall in Portland for window-shopping. We picked the motorhome up about 1:00 p.m., then drove about 5 hours to Bennington, Vermont, where we have both cable TV and WiFi access.
Our current plan is to continue west through Vermont and New York until we hit I-77. We’ll then head south with the goal of arriving home in Tallahassee before the Labor Day weekend.
