June 20th Acadia National Park

Our first stop of the day was LL Bean. The drive from Portland to Freeport was less than 20 minutes.  We got there before 8am and sure enough LL Bean is open 24 hours and there were already a few people in the store shopping. I bought a dress RFC.  Afterward, instead of taking the highway we decided to stick to the local roads on our drive to Bar Harbor. We passed through Bath, Belfast, Searsport, Bucksport, Wiscasset, and Penobscot.  

We arrived at the hotel to find the place crawling with people from Edward Jones and their families. It looks like a rewards conference for the sales reps. We got changed and got right out and went to Acadia National Park. The park is absolutely gorgeous.  We had a picnic lunch and then drove over to Sand Beach.  We walked a 2 mile hiking trail along the ridge to Otter point and back.

Then we drove around the park and up to Cadillac Point. (No, it is not named for the car. Acadia National Park and Bar Harbor are on an island. French King Charles XIV gave the island to Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, the French explorer who founded Fort Detroit). Cadillac Point is the highest point on the Atlantic coast and, supposedly, if you stand on Cadillac point at sunrise you will be the first person in the country to see the sunrise. Ok, fine. If I ever want to be up and out before 4:30 am, I'll let you know. This far east, the sky starts to get light that early.

A couple of Notes:

We saw this sign in the park. What were they thinking???

Only four 12-packs left.