Blackwoods Campground
Travel Blogs from Acadia National Park
Day 3- On to Acadia
We left Vermont bright and early and drove through New Hampshire to Maine. Lynn had given us a heads- up to stop at the New Hampshire state line Welcome Center. We loved the combination safety/information center (where we picked up maps) and bargain rate tax free liquor store (where we picked up wine) Made us feel welcome indeed! Highly recommended …
Day 4-First Day at Acadia National Park
First morning after camping- I forgot to mention that those restrooms also have a nice big mirror. Forget the warnings about wild animals-Maxine is lurking! She stole my body overnight! That cannot be me in the mirror. I make a pact with Maxine to keep off my glasses. I look much better:)
We decided on easy meals rather than cooking and …
Day 5- Little hikes and big lobsters
It was a chilly night in the north woods! We were glad we had good sleeping bags and the heater to warm us up before bed and before rising! We decide that our heated car would be the ideal place for breakfast this morning, so we poured our hot tea into our travel mugs, put our hot grits into to-go cups and headed off with breakfast in hand!
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Day 7- Paddling and a Pub Crawl
After being in the car most of the day yesterday, we were ready for a little more activity today. We decided to find a good kayaking spot and finally found a put in place at the end of Bridge St. in Bar Harbor. We assembled the kayak and paddled out into Frenchman's Bay. We could see the ships in the harbor on one side of us, and residential …
Day 2 Acadia
We woke up early as the sun is up before 5:00am but we slept in until about 7:20. There are no showers at the campground, (showers are $2 for 4 minutes just outside the camp area) so we took off for our first activity. There is an Earthcache program through geocaching that I wanted to do so we went to the first coordinates of that. The instructions …