THE MAINE COAST

We are now camping at Bar Harbor, Maine and on Monday we went to Acadia National Park.  This is the only national park we have been to that is right on a coast - I don't know if it IS the only one on a coast or not.  It was a perfect day to be near the ocean - sunny and warm, but not hot!

Sand Beach in Acadia Nat'l Park.

Me and DH sitting on rocks near the Thunder Hole in Arcadia Nat'l Park.

Waves hitting rocks at Thunder Hole, Arcadia Nat'l Park

 Yesterday we went to the town of Bar Harbor, which is a typical tourist trap.  The scenery is beautiful, though!

Bar Harbor

Cruise ship in Bar Harbor, ME

Today it is raining, so we will probably hunker down in the camper.  Our next stop will be Boston - we leave for there tomorrow.  

MAINE LIGHTHOUSES

I had to post about the lighthouses that we visited yesterday.  The day was perfect and it was fun see some lighthouses and take pictures of them.

Portland Head Lighthouse, Portland, Maine

Seacoast as viewed from the Portland Head Lighthouse

Remains of shipwreck.

It looks like rocks, but it's wood from a shipwreck.

Spring Point Ledge Lighthouse

We walked over these rocks to get to the lighthouse.

View of the rocks from the Spring Point Ledge lighthouse.

We got to have a tour of the Spring Point Ledge Lighthouse.  I can't imagine living in the lighthouse and only going to shore occasionally.  The rock ledge wasn't there when the lighthouse was first built in 1897 and there were 2 men who "manned" the lighthouse for $540 salary per year.  They could row ashore for supplies, but didn't do it very often.  Very interesting history.

CAMPING IN MAINE

We arrived in Maine a few days ago and we're camping near Phippsburg where the weather has been gorgeous all week

View of campground from our camper

We haven't seen a moose yet, but we've seen chipmunks!  They play on the stone wall next to our camper.

Stone walls abound in New England

Pond in the campground that I enjoy walking to.

Working on hand piecing outside the camper.

The Atlantic Coastline on Bailey Island.

Fishing village on Bailey Island.

Another view of the bay on Bailey Island.

I have also been working on some projects inside the camper using my sewing machine - nothing to show yet.  We have been away from home a month now and will probably head home in a couple weeks.  Our last week will be spent in Massachusetts.