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Playing In Vacationland
Mary's Impressions:
Continuing on our journey to catch the fall colours on the U.S. Eastern Coast, we made our way to the state of Maine also known as Vactionland. The name is an appropriate description for the US state that draws thousands of vacationers who visit its many lakes, rivers, long coastline (about 5,000 miles) or go camping and hiking in its forest (about 17 million acres of forestland). Our main purpose however in coming to Maine was ...
New Hampshire, Three Authors, and the Maine Coast
... ve built a replica that you can tour, and they've marked out the former location of the cabin with a monument, so you can picture what Thoreau's life there was like. Next to the cabin site is a large pile of stones that people have left in tribute. We added rocks to the pile (see mine in pics below!). Being at Walden Pond, you can really get a glimpse of just how much and how quickly the world has changed. Sometimes, I think living in a simpler, less ...
One final walk on the pedestrian path...
Kim fell in love with Bar Harbor - could move there in a minute, if it weren't for their cold winters, so for one last glimse of this wonderful little harbor town, we took one last walk along the harbor trail and took some final photos for memories.
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Hiking on Mt. Cadillac
Final morning in Bar Harbor, we headed up to Mt. Cadillac one more time to see if we could see the views - only to find it even foggier than the day before and the wind was howling! So we headed back down the mtn and in just a short distance, we finally saw some of the views of the village and bay below. The views are a bit dim, because the fog was swirling around the mountain, but the view was still pretty cool from up there.
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Bah Habah
... The three amigos, Maggie, Aiden and McKenna are put to the test as they measure, touch, blow on claws and answer questions about molting, exoskeletons.... an “A” to each in Lobster 101. On shore we head to the West St. Café for chowdah and blueberry pie, never a disappointment here. Then it’s time to rev up the cell phones as Maggie checks in with Mom and Dad. I am surprised there was any service in town at all though as I’ve never seen so ...