Acadia

The weather cooperated today, and now we are resting in a cottage just outside Acadia National Park. We covered about 250 miles in the rental van. I nearly have all the buttons and switches figured out. Driving north from Ogunquit was a welcome respite from the hustle south of us. The traffic steadily thinned, and the country-side reminded me of where I grew up in north-eastern Washington. I noticed farms here and there, a John Deere dealership, pine trees, and some black, white-faced cattle, and lots of barns along the way. The handful of buzzards (I think), and absence of mountains, with all those things, though, may be distinctly Maine.

Once at the park, we couldn’t get to the place labeled, “Sandy Beach” quick enough for the kids. They learned to body surf there and had a great time. It was in the low 70’s and the water temperature didn’t seem to bother them at all. After burning some energy there, we drove around the entire park – lots of vista-type views over the water, crashing surf, etc. Bar Harbor offered an ice-cream shop, Ben and Bill’s ice cream shop with their signature flavor, Lobster Ice Cream. It really has lobster in it. We opted for more traditional fare.

We closed out the evening playing miniature golf. Sam and Rylee each hit a hole in one. Great fun, but Ann beat me by a stroke.

Kipp.