Sandy Beach – St. John’s, NB

We crossed the border into Canada yesterday without difficulty.  We are staying at Rockwood Park RV which is attached to Rockwood Park with over 2,000 acres.  We were joined here by Mike and Patty.  We all went out to dinner at Pizza Delight which has a lot more than Pizza.

This afternoon Mike and Patty and Wayne and I decided to go and find a beach in St. John’s.  After wandering around the city for a while we found the road to Sandy Beach.  Here is a picture looking out at the water.

The first place we pulled into was still high above the water.  However it did have restrooms.  In case you can’t tell, there was a blue porta potty inside this cute replica of an outhouse.

 

We finally found a place where we could walk down to the beach area.  Here are Wayne, Mike and Patty looking around.

Patty and I went wandering off while the men stayed and had a deep conversation.

This was really a pretty place with the waves crashing against the shore.

We drove back in time for happy hour and for Wayne to fix a wonderful dinner.

Trenton and Ellsworth

Today was another free day.  Wayne decided that he wanted to go out of town where he had seen a GT Shelby Cobra that he wanted to look at.  We left the house without the GPA and decided that we were supposed to go on Route 1A.  Wrong!!  So we came back to the motorhome and got the GPS. 

This time we drove out the right road and found the car.  Here is Wayne looking it over.

As we drove back into town we saw some really interesting homes.

Then we saw the sign for the farmer’s market at Woodlawn Community Garden.

The Farmer’s market didn’t have a lot of produce but they did have some foods and crafts.  They also had a carriage house with lots of sleds and carriages.

We didn’t go into the main house but I got a picture of it.

On the way back to the coach I took a picture of the down town area.

We also drove out of town towards Bar Harbor to this nice barn that has been converted into an antiques house.

One of the roofs on the building had a nice weather vane.

When we got back to the camp ground we gathered at Joe and Shirley’s motorhome to wish them safe travels and to have a few hour d’hourves.

 

A good time was had by all.

Even Trouble had a good time.

Tomorrow it is off to Canada.

Lunch in Bar Harbor

After our morning of touring Acadia National Park we went looking for a good place to buy lunch.

This place on the corner was recommended to us by the trolley driver so we decided to give it a try.

Across the street was this cute little Renault motor car.

  

Lunch was good but we decided we needed to walk (and shop) to offset the calories.  We walked by some very nice houses.

 

The siding on this one was interesting.  It was scallops.  It looks like I took this through a chain link fence but I didn’t.

We went in this ice cream shop and got ice cream.

Coming back towards the car we got a good view of the bay and the fountain in the park.

On our way back to the park I just had to get a picture of all of these silhouette cats and dogs in this yard.

  

We are all eagerly awaiting Chuck and Emile’s arrival tomorrow.

Acadia National Park

We caught the Oli Trolley at 10:00am this morning to Acadia National Park.

This is one of the old summer homes that grace Bar Harbor. Many others were lost in a fire some years ago.

Here is another summer home with a beautiful garden out in front.

After a short trip we arrived at Acadia National Park. A lot of the amenities in this park were funded by Nelson Rockefeller.

This is Eagle Lake. It was make by a glacier many years ago and provides Bar Harbor with it’s drinking water.

This bolder is another evidence of the glacier that left it here as it passed through.

This is looking back across the desert area to the water.

When we got to the top of Cadillac Mountain we got out so we could take pictures. Cadillac Mountain is the highest point on the Eastern Seaboard.

Down below is the town of Bar Harbor. In the water from left to right are Bar Island, Sheep Porcupine Island, and Bald Porcupine Island.

Here are Shirley and Joe walking to the look out point.

Back on the trolley we drove past a brook that used to have beavers in it. They were relocated due to a fear that the brook might flood the road.

Next stop was the Wild Gardens of Acadia. I can’t claim any of the photos past this point as my camera’s battery died. Karla was kind enough to let me download her pictures.

This is an area of walkways and natural plants and flowers.

Inside they had some stuffed replicas of some of the wildlife that live in the area. This bald eagle with fish was very imposing.

Here is Shirley enjoying the Bridal Wreath.

We drove past the beaver’s pond. they estimate that they have nine beavers in the pond at present. Here is one of their homes.

This is Egg Rock with it’s lighthouse.

We stopped at an area by Thunder Hole. There were people climbing all over the rocky area.

Here are Wayne, Rich and Fred watching the people climb down to get a better look at Thunder Hole.

Here is Barbara at the railing,

and Martha at the top of one of the rocks.

Here is a view of Thunder Hole on the ebb tide.

This is as much splash as we got today as the surf was fairly calm.

This was a very calming area. You could just watch the waves come in and go out and listen to the surf.

The trolley had decorative windows that made it difficult for picture taking.

Our tour came to an end and we went off in search of lunch.

Trenton, Maine

Another late start day as we are only going a short way. Actually it turned into a long day when we didn’t listen to the GPS and I took us the way the paperwork said to go. I say this pretty little house as we were leaving town.

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We caught up with everyone else at the scenic pull out before this long bridge.

We took up most of the pull out with our coaches.

Here is part of our group milling around at the pull out with dogs.

This is the view of the river looking back towards the ocean.

This is a monument that we saw as we entered Trenton, ME.

This is the sunset we got on the first night at Timberline RV. We had nice, wide and level sites.

Here are the guys sitting around waiting for the fire to get hot. Wayne is peeking at his lobster that the guys just brought back for supper.

Wayne and Joe got tired of waiting on the fire so they took them into the motorhome to boil. Here is everyone else's lobster.

Jack and Rich look pretty proud of themselves.

Trouble’s names have arrived. Here are Dory and Nemo looking out the door of Martha and Jack’s coach.

Here are Fred and Barb chowing down on their lobster.

It was a full but fun day.