RV and other travels around the World
After the sightseeing and hiking, here are some of our favorite places to relax while in the Mt Desert Island (MDI) area. Sometimes we need to take a small vacation from this frantic retirement schedule. 🙂
The small village of Southwest Harbor, the even smaller Somesville, and the local Atlantic Brewery all fit the bill for a little low key relaxing and they are all within a few minutes of base camp. Continue reading “Southwest Harbor, Somesville & Atlantic Brewery Tour”
We were very fortunate to be on the mountain on a mostly clear day. We overheard a biker say that he had been up here everyday for a week and this was the first clear day. So, we counted our blessings, grabbed the cell phone and binoculars, and took the hike around the very top of Cadillac Mountain! Continue reading “Cadillac Mountain; Acadia NP”
The Acadia National Park has some amazing wild scenic hikes and views. Some are on the quiet side of the island (Mt Desert Island – MDI) and some are on the busy side. The Jordan Pond Trail is on the busy side and in the Middle Peaks section. And is it busy. Continue reading “Jordan Pond Hike in Acadia NP”
The featured image above is sunset over the bay from our campground.
RV traveling can be a complex business with the complicated modern coaches to the trip planning research that is required. Being a full time RV traveler makes things even more interesting. Fortunately, there are many resources on the internet available to assist almost every aspect of the RV life.
One of the resources are the many people who have been doing this for a long time. We had the great fortune to meet another RV blogger (LINK: warnerrvnews.blogspot.com) who has been a full-timer since 2009. Randy and Pam Warner were staying in a campground just a few miles north of us, so I reached out and asked if they would like to meet somewhere during their stay. Continue reading “Meeting Another Blogger!: Randy and Pam Warner”
We had heard from a couple of different people that a day trip to Stonington Maine was a must do while here. This quaint little fishing village is located on another peninsula, so to get there you have to drive up and over and around the horn to finally arrive. Well, it was not really that bad, at just less than two hours. And what a beautiful sight it was, but it was a scorcher!… Continue reading “Stonington Maine Trip on a Hot Day”
As we go to a new location, we try to ask as many locals as we can about favorite places and things to do. Just by researching the internet including Trip Advisor and others, we would miss many of the local’s gems. People all have different opinions, so it is great to obtain a good cross section of folk’s ideas. Continue reading “Locals Are a Wealth of Information”
The featured image above was sunrise at our campground on Friday morning.
Two more hikes accomplished in the Acadia National Park! The views from both trails were simply outstanding. While I tried to get some good photos, it just does not capture the grandeur of being here and seeing with your own eyes. In the last three days, we did the Ocean Path Trail and the Wonderland Trail, both hikes in the National Park. And took a day off in between! Continue reading “Acadia Hikes; Ocean Path Trail and Wonderland Trail”
Yesterday, we decided to both take the 10 am bus into Bar Harbor. Our goal was to walk the village, take the harbor trail around the rocky harbor ledge, and then find a good Bar Harbor lunch place. It turned out to be a warmer day than we expected with some bright sunshine. After a couple of hours of walking, we were seeking a cool, shady, and maybe breezy place for lunch. Continue reading “Bar Harbor Lunch and Walkabout”
One of the super popular activities here are the multitude of beautiful hikes within the Acadia National Park. We have been here almost a week and no hikes yet. I guess we have been busy doing the normally living stuff: laundry, grocery shopping, and hanging out. It’s time to kick it up a notch.
So I researched about six hikes and selected the Ship Harbor hike as our first.
Since the Acadia parks gets crowded by 9 or 10 am, we left base camp at 8 and arrived at the Acadia NP Ship Harbor Trailhead by 8:30 and thankfully there was plenty of parking for the big red truck. Continue reading “Acadia NP Ship Harbor Trail & Bass Harbor Lighthouse”
Bar Harbor Bus Trip – The weatherman was calling for rain and Pat was busy on some project at the coach, and I was anxious to see the town, so I decided to try the free bus service into Bar Harbor. Not really knowing what to expect, I grabbed an umbrella and walked up to the bus stop. Kind of a daredevil, I know. Continue reading “Bar Harbor Bus Trip”