This entry was posted on 9/5/2007 5:51 PM and is filed under uncategorized.
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Dateline : Bar Harbor, Maine. September 5th, 2007
Today we had a great time again. We started out looking for lighthouses - and there are
lighthouses on Mt. Desert Island, what with it being an island and all, but we can't seem to
get to any of the one's that participate in the Lighthouse Passport Program. We're going to
have to do some more reading up and maybe start at the Jersey shore.
Regardless of the lack of lighthouses ( I can't recall Bar Harbor being a font of shipwrecks
or anything ), we spent the entire day exporing the island, back roads and small towns
alike.
Along the way, we scored three geocaches! Two earthcaches ( geological locations ) and one traditional.
We saw some beautiful sites - Echo Lake, Somes Sound, Bernard, the SouthWest Harbor, Long
Pond, Bass Harbor, Seal Harbor, etc.
We stopped in the NorthEast Harbor and spent a while in a very cool used (antique) book
store. There were so many cool volumes there, but alas, we left empty handed (no early
Kerouac and no first editions of the Dark Tower).
We've figured that we now have ALL of the NPS stamps for Acadia! Woowhoo!
B - you bet the skies are full of stars! ( have to quote Dave Bowman here - My God It's Full
Of Stars ) We had our SkyScout out yesterday and it's just stunning the amount of stars that
are visible with no ambiant lightsource to get in the way. Just amazing.
Jim - Um, we've now been all over most all of Mt. Desert Island and there's not a PF Changs
to be found, sorry. On the other hand, there's also not a McDonalds or a Burger King!
Suzanne - Heck, no. I didn't get to pull on the ropes aboard the Margaret Todd. They had
plenty of other folks jumping up to do the hard work - and it did not look easy!
We're packing up now - getting ready to leave our now beloved base camp, aka The Edgewater,
and prepare for the first great crossing - ie. The Ferry to Nova Scotia.
We have to repack the truck, do some laundry and pack up some backpacks with what we will
need on the ferry. From what we can tell - onboard the ferry you have no access to your
vehicle.
Not sure what kind of access I'll have from this point forward - those crazy Canadians, who
knows what sort of internet they have?!? Actually, I just can't recall if the hotels have it
or not.
I will post again whenever I can. Hope everyone is well.
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