On recommendations of a local, it was suggested we visit the third part of Acadia National Park. It is the only part of the park on the mainland. The other two areas are on Mount Desert Island. As you can surmise, it’s a pretty big park. It was a fifty-minute...
If you don’t have much time to see the park, the way to do it is to take Loop Road. This paved road has many turn-offs and leads up to the summit of Cadillac Mountain. Along the way, there are many scenic overlooks for one to visit. Our first stop...
This park is rich in its history. The park was established in 1916, but uniquely it was the first whose land was donated entirely by private citizens. It has more than 47,000 acres. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. not only donated 10,000 acres of land but was responsible for 45 miles...
Maine was our “Big Rock,” as Mitch affectionately refers to those places #1 to visit on our journey. We arrived on the “Off Shoulder Season.” Translation – before Memorial Day and the summer crowds arrive. We spent two weeks in Bar Harbor, Maine, and crammed as much as we could...