USA

We started off our trip in York, Maine, a tourist area along the coast not too far from the Massachusetts line. After dining on fried clams, we walked along the beach into town where we watched salt water taffy being made at Goldenrod's. Mary bought a load to bring home.
Yesterday, we drove up here to Bar Harbor and are ensconced at the Grand Hotel, down town. We drove into Acadia to the top of Cadilllac Mountain. What a view! However a little hazy evidently due to pollution being blown up from the Northeast. I wonder what it looked like back when discovered by the French Explorer, Champlain.
For dinner we ate a Beale's Pier in Southwest Harbor on the island where Acadia is situated. It is a "lobster pound" where you eat the lobsters right off the boat. We got to pick out our own "birds," about 2 lb. each and also had them throw in clams and corn to be boiled together in a netted bag. Good. Really good. The blueberry pie was good too. But, here I am spending more time describing the food than the scenery. Let's face it, I'm here for the food, Mary is here for the scenery. Today, we plan to drive the circle loop in the park. Not before coffee though!

Not really, but the bags will be packed soon. Can't wait to hook up the GPS and hit the road. Lobster tonight? Maybe, just maybe.

Its amazing the stuff you have to do before leaving on vacation. Medication for the cats, lining up the "Cat Man" to look in on Samantha and Kim, making sure Dr. Jim has all of his electronic gadgets primed, etc. Mary and Dr. Jim will be leaving Saturday. One of the fun parts will be taking the Cat (there's that word again) from Bar Harbor, Maine to Yarmouth, N.S. But first, we will be stopping in Maine to test the waters, not to mention the shell fish. We're getting hungry! We will keep you posted along the way. Please wish us luck and say a prayer for us.