Maine Day Five - Campobello Island

We went to Campobello Island in New Brunswick. The island is only about 10 miles across. The tide difference from high to low was higher here than along the coast of Maine. We had a really fun day here and even saw some seals and a whale.

 President Roosevelt had a summer cottage on Campobello Island. We stopped and toured it. It was preserved in the period that he spent here. It was really interesting. It had 18 bedrooms, several of which were maids rooms. Three floors. This last picture is the view from the back of the house. That is Bay of Fundy.

 That is a seal peeking out of the water. We saw a few by the lighthouse right after we got on the island.

This lighthouse is on the north end of the island. There are only three hours a day that you can walk to it. This was low tide and at high tide, where we were walking, would be covered over with 24+ feet of water. We didn't actually walk over to the lighthouse. You can see those stairs Danny is climbing in the picture above this one. There is an even steeper set going down below the pine tree in the bottom picture and then it's a little hike across rocks to get over to the lighthouse. The picture doesn't show the depth or distance very well. While we were standing here we did see a whale out in the water. It would just pop out for a second or so at a time and we weren't able to catch it on camera.
On the way home we saw lots of trucks out clamming. We talked to a local and he said the clam price was high right now so lots of people were taking advantage of it.

Maine Day Three and Four - Ellsworth and Acadia National Park

I spent hours and hours online looking for a rental. Trying to figure out the best place to have as our base as I knew we would be be going up and down the coast. I finally settled on a townhouse at Acadia Village Resort in Ellsworth. It worked out great. It wasn't the fanciest place but it was spotless! I'll take clean over fancy any day! There were two bedrooms and three baths. Danny slept on that couch which opened up as a hide-a-bed. We ate breakfast most mornings here and a few times packed a lunch. We would leave in the morning and usually get back after dark.

All the pictures above were taken in Acadia National Park. It is one of the prettiest places in Maine and believe me, there are a LOT of pretty places. We went up Mt. Desert, which is in the park, pictured in the two top pictures.

Maine Day Two- Up State New York and Vermont

 We spent our first night in Rochester, New York. Then we traveled through up state New York and went to Lake Placid. A beautiful area. Lake Placid was wall to wall people so we didn't stop.

We saw a few covered bridges in Vermont. There aren't many left.

Pizza supper in Vergennes, Vermont

We stopped for hot fudge sundaes at a McDonald's in Vermont. Maybe Lincoln? Danny wanted us to sit in this "booth" but it was so sticky we let him sit there himself.

Maine Vacation Day One

 We went through Canada on our way to Maine and stopped at Niagara Falls. Fred and I have been there before but it's still so impressive.

 It was a beautiful day with a cool breeze. We were there on a Thursday so the crowds weren't bad.

We spent a couple hours there and had Cold Stone Creamery for a delicious snack.

Danny's Swim Meet

This video is Danny swimming the first leg of the 4 x 50 relay. He is in the fourth lane with the white swim cap. His team won first place.

Spring has Sprung

Finally, the daffodils have opened. Spring is late coming this year but I guess not as late as it is in the UP. They are still having snowstorms.