So after the race we came down to Hampton Beach NH and stayed at the State Park which is directly on the beach. We were so lucky that we were able to get in before the crowd. This is a wonderful place and we had a chance to walk the beach almost every day, had Lyla over for an overnight and just generally enjoyed the beach area. The weather was chilly and certainly not lay out on the beach weather but it's still very nice. Here is the view from our bedroom window!
After a week we moved to Schoodic Campground which is located in Winter Harbor, Maine. It is a National Park Campground although it is about a 45 minute drive over to the main entrance to the National Park in Acadia. This park was fantastic! The sites were about 100 foot pull through, all gravel with 20/30/50 AMP and water. We had a great site and had excellent reception on the satellite system. The rangers were very friendly and the camp hosts were also great. We landed there on opening day. Although it was still chilly we did have sunshine most days. If you have a chance visit this one, it's a gem. We toured the peninsula several times but one of the times stopped to take a photo of this couple lobster-fishing. She stopped her day to wave and say hi! That's just what Maine folks do.
Here is a side chuckle....we had been to Acadia before on the Cadillac Mountain side. I had asked Les if we could go to the other section of the park in Winter Park. We were both quite excited to check this out and up for a new adventure. Well, after we arrived he recognized the peninsula and we decided that we had, in fact, been here before. Apparently we will need to write down where we go now! We still enjoyed it very much.
Decided to go to Campobello Island and see the family and childhood "cottage" of FDR. It is located in New Brunswick, Canada and is the only National Park that is run jointly between the United States and Canada. It was about a 2 hour drive from Acadia so we decided to make a day of it. It was very interesting and a lovely Island. Breezed through Customs in Canada, after all it's an Island and we were only going to be on it for a couple of hours. I put "cottage" in quotes because it is a 34 room house overlooking the Bay of Fundy. It was really neat to see it and we were glad we did.
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| The "Cottage" |
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| Main dining room, note Megaphone on left. This was how the children were called to dinner. |
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| FDR's kitchen, note the name of the stove is President and was purchased by FDR's mother. |
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| FDR's bedroom |
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| Lubec, Maine view from Bridge |
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| Lighthouse located in Canada on waterway with USA |
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