Tuesday, we went for a boat ride to Cranberry Island off the Maine coast. We saw the harbor seals on the way out, and once there we visited a museum of history for the area. The Bar Harbor/Mt Desert Island area has a 10' to 12' tide and most buildings are way up on stilts.
When we returned to Mt. Desert Island we went to Bar Harbor. Had a delightful lunch and then went shopping. Tom had seen a man on the boat ride with a tee shirt he liked so we went searching for one. No, we did not have any luck, but found another one he liked.
Wednesday morning and the weather is terrible. We had thought we might stay a couple of more days.....but the weather changed all that. We packed up everything and headed out for sights unknown. Driving on US2 through Maine was adventuresome to say the least. It's 2 lane all the way. They have all sorts of road work going on. Some of the roads were barely wide enough for a car to get through....but Tom managed to travel through them like a pro!!!! Along the way we saw road signs telling you "Moose Crossing" then the sign proceeds to tell you to be careful as the Moose will hurt you and your vehicle. That brings to mind about the 11:00 news the other evening. The big news story was there had been a four car pile up with a big moose. Love the back woods stories.
We arrived in New Hampshire and it was about 3:00 so we stopped at the welcome station.....if we wanted it would take us about 40 to 45 minutes to get to Vermont. We like N.H. So have booked two nights into our spot outside Twin Mountain, NH. The local guy here at the campground told us where to go around dusk and we should be able to see moose and a bear with her cub. We thought that might be good entertainment for us this evening. (Just like we used to do at Canadian Lakes when we went out looking for white tailed deer.) All we saw was a black bird though .... no Moose no Bear ... just the damned bird!! I think they are lying about the "Brake for Moose" message.
Wednesday morning and the weather is terrible. We had thought we might stay a couple of more days.....but the weather changed all that. We packed up everything and headed out for sights unknown. Driving on US2 through Maine was adventuresome to say the least. It's 2 lane all the way. They have all sorts of road work going on. Some of the roads were barely wide enough for a car to get through....but Tom managed to travel through them like a pro!!!! Along the way we saw road signs telling you "Moose Crossing" then the sign proceeds to tell you to be careful as the Moose will hurt you and your vehicle. That brings to mind about the 11:00 news the other evening. The big news story was there had been a four car pile up with a big moose. Love the back woods stories.We arrived in New Hampshire and it was about 3:00 so we stopped at the welcome station.....if we wanted it would take us about 40 to 45 minutes to get to Vermont. We like N.H. So have booked two nights into our spot outside Twin Mountain, NH. The local guy here at the campground told us where to go around dusk and we should be able to see moose and a bear with her cub. We thought that might be good entertainment for us this evening. (Just like we used to do at Canadian Lakes when we went out looking for white tailed deer.) All we saw was a black bird though .... no Moose no Bear ... just the damned bird!! I think they are lying about the "Brake for Moose" message.
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