22 July Plymouth, MA - Biddeford, ME 138 miles 4 hours 20 minutes
Grace Point Church in Biddeford, Maine is another Harvest Host location. We'll be boondocking in their parking lot for 3 nights. This is a convenient location for exploring the southern part of Maine. It's dry camping and a little noisy with the traffic but it quiets down at night. There's a sandwich shop right across the street. Jakeys Deli & Market has very, very good sandwiches.
The Nubble is Maine's most photographed lighthouse. It sits on a small rocky island and is so pretty. Lots of benches all over to just sit and enjoy the view.
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| Nubble Lighthouse |
We went on a 2 mile hike along Ogunquit's Marginal Way. A breathtaking scenic walk along Maine's rocky shores. We had lunch at a restaurant in Perkins Cove and walked around the harbor and visited all the cute, small shops. The beach in this area is very, very crowded.
We took a drive to Kennebunkport. An old seaport town, very scenic. It was low tide and it's just amazing. Boats actually sitting on the ground. On one of the points here is President Bush's summer home. When the flag is flying it means they're in residence. Really something to see.
25 July Biddeford - Scarborough 18 miles 1 hour
We're staying at Wassamki Springs Campground in Scarborough, Maine. It's kind of expensive here, for full hook ups, 4 nights, $341. That's with a Good Sams discount. I really like this campground. Our site is very roomy and we're out in the open so our starlink works.
We biked the Eastern Trail starting in Scarborough. This is a very popular trail that's over 22 miles long. We biked about five miles then turned around. Ten miles for us is pretty good. Very nice ride through forest areas and some marshes.
The beach was not very nice but I guess this is the place to be when its hot. Very, very crowded.
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| Old Orchard Beach |
We spent a day exploring Portland. We got on the mail boat ferry. This is the locals favorite way to experience Casco Bay. This true working boat carries passengers, mail, and freight to the different islands in Casco Bay. It is the longest running mailboat service in the country, having been in existence since the 1870's.
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| Loading Freight |
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| Eagle's nest on post |
Afterwards, we took a quick drive to Fort Williams Park and checked out Portland Head Lighthouse. The park has stunning ocean views, hiking, and walking paths, and other historic structures. We were pretty pooped out by the time we got to this park, so no hiking. We bought some gelato from a food truck and sat and just enjoyed the views. We really enjoyed our day.
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29 July Scarborough - Somerville 80 miles 1 hour 30 minutes
We're staying at our friends home in Somerville, Maine for a few days. Clyde & Donna lives on Kaamooloa Road, just up the road from us. They spend about half the year in Hawaii and the other half at their home in Maine. The original home is almost 200 years old. Original beams are still in place, wooden planks on the floors, woodstoves....pretty cool. They have added on to the original house to make more room.
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| Lobster Feast |
Clyde harvested some garlic from his garden, so cool. I never knew garlic grew like this. Before we left, I went to pick a lot of herbs and vegetables. So nice to have home grown, organic produce.
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| Garlic has to dry out |
We enjoyed our stay with Clyde & Donna. We're going to Canada and will stop by on our way back.
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03 August Somerville - Rockport 24 miles 45 minutes
Short drive today to Sea Swell Camden Hills Campground in Rockport, Maine. We're here for a week and paid $417 for full hook ups. Kind of expensive but I had a hard time finding a campground in this area.
Its Lobsterfest this week and it's a big thing around this area. Our site is very shady so our Starlink is not working. The sites are very close so not much privacy between sites but it's a good location to explore the surrounding area.
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| Rockport Harbor |
Rockport Harbor is a cute little harbor, one of my favorites so far. There's a little park where families were picnicking. We walked around the area, really pretty.
Everybody told us, "you gotta go to Boothbay Harbor." So we went and walked around the area. There was a nice footbridge we walked across.
Not for us....very, very busy with tourist, same old touristy shops. Nice harbor, I'm glad we went, but not our favorite.
We took a nice drive out to Marshall Point Lighthouse & Museum. This lighthouse is so pretty. I could go inside this one, pretty cool. There's a scene from the movie Forrest Gump at this lighthouse.
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We went to the Lobster Festival in Rockland. This is an annual event that lasts for 5 days. It's a real big thing here, very crowded. It's a carnival atmosphere with games, food booths, exhibits, and of course, lobster. They have different events going on. On the day we went, there was the lobster crate race. Pretty fun to watch. 50 lobster crates are connected and the contestants have to run across the crates without falling in the water. The kids did pretty good, I think the most we saw was 450 crates. The adults didn't do too good. Some only went two crates.
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| Lobster Pots |
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| One of the kids running across the lobster crates |
We visited Belfast and went to the United Farmers Market of Maine. Very good market. We bought some goodies and took a walk to the harbor to devour everything. There's a mile long paved walkway that follows the shoreline along the city's harbor starting at the boathouse at the south end and ending on the opposite side of the harbor, over the river on the Armistice Footbridge. Another favorite harbor.
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| Rockland Breakwater |
We went to the Rockland Breakwater Lighthouse. To get to the lighthouse you need to walk one mile on the breaker. It's pretty flat but you still need to pay attention. This was another good one.
We visited Camden Harbor, a picturesque harbor village at the foot of Camden Hills on Penobscot Bay. It is a quaint town by the sea featuring a beautiful harbor that is always full and busy.
Another amazing harbor with awesome views. We had breakfast overlooking the harbor.
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10 August Rockport - Winter Harbor 87 miles 2 hours 30 minutes
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| Our Campsite |
We're at Schoodic Woods Campground for one week. This is part of Acadia National Park on the eastern side. So quiet, beautiful , peaceful, and uncrowded. Our campsite has water and electricity, $40 per night. This campground is very nice and spacious. I wish we could've booked more days here.
On the first evening, we took a drive to Schoodic Point to watch the sunset. Such an amazing sight.
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| Schoodic Point Sunset |
The Lower Harbor trail was a beautiful hike. We started from our campsite so the whole hike was about 3 miles. The hike was through a lot of trees so we had to constantly look where we were going because of all the exposed roots. Beautiful water views along the way.
We drove the Bold Coast National Scenic Byway and really enjoyed it. Started from our campground along the Maine coast to Lubec. Along the way we saw interesting fishing villages with lobster boats bobbing up and down and historic but weather beaten small towns. It was about 125 miles one way. We visited the Quoddy Head Light. The unique red and white stripes of the tower stand brightly against the sky as the easternmost US lighthouse. This is part of Quoddy State Park. There is a nice hiking trail along the cliff but we didn't have our hiking boots and it was pretty muddy so we couldn't do the hike.
On the way back we stopped for lunch in Corea, another little fishing village. Lunch at the Wharf was the name of the restaurant and so fitting. It was on a small wharf overlooking a harbor with just fishing and lobster boats. I had a delicious crab roll. It was so good, we went back for another one a couple of days later.
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| Low tide at the harbor. Lobster traps all lined up and ready to go. |
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| Foggy Shoreline |
Another awesome day! We started with a bike ride around Schoodic Loop, about 9 1/2 miles. It's a double lane road that's very bicycle friendly, with slow speed limits and lots of room for cars to pass on the left side. Constant views of rugged cliffs, dramatic granite shorelines, and pristine forests.
Once we got to the halfway point it was very foggy. Still very beautiful.
It's a good thing we have electric bikes. Part of the bike path was loose gravel and some incline.
Someone told us about the US Bell Store. This is a foundry located on the coast of Maine specializing in the production of cast bronze wind bells. We watched them do the casting, such a unique process. Of course, we had to buy something.
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| Bells out of cast |
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| Pouring melted bronze into casts |
17 August Winter Harbor - Trenton 29 miles 1 hour
We're staying at Timberlake Acres RV Park for one week. They put us in a very, very tight site. We could barely fit. In fact, we couldn't put out our slides on one side. I went back to the office to ask for another site but they couldn't accommodate us. They sent someone to trim the trees so we could get our slides out. We had a fire pit at the back of our coach, one foot away and a picnic table that was at a 45 degree angle, so both unusable. On one side of the coach, there was a trench full of water and on the other side was a dry trench. What a joke!
The next morning I went back to the office to let them know how unhappy we were about the site. They finally found us something better. For seven nights we paid $382.00. This campground is about 20 minutes away from Acadia National Park on Mount Desert Island.
The first mile was on planks through some wet areas, then on to some rock scrambling, and a pretty level, nice trail the rest of the way. Another great hike with spectacular scenery.
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Forty-five miles of rustic carriage roads weave around the mountains and valleys of Acadia National Park. A gift from John D Rockefeller Jr., he wanted to travel on motor-free byways via horse and carriage into the heart of Mount Desert Island. Construction efforts from 1913 to 1940 resulted in a state of the art system with sweeping vistas and close up views of the landscape. More than 80 years later, it is regarded as the best and most extensive network of broken stone carriage roads in the United States.
For 1.5 hours before and after low tide, a gravel bar is exposed connecting the town of Bar Harbor and Bar Island. The bar provide opportunities for investigating small tide pools. Once on the island, the Bar Island Trail gradually ascends through the forest on an old road to various open sections with views of Bar Harbor and Frenchman Bay.
We made sure to check the tide charts and made our way to Bar Island.
These low tides are just amazing, hard to imagine we're walking on the ocean floor.
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Thunder Hole was a stop along the way. At high tide, waves create a thunderous sound as it comes in. We weren't there at the right time so not as dramatic but still pretty awesome.
Sand Beach is a beautiful beach surrounded by rocky cliffs. Lots of people hanging out but not too many in the water. The water was a little chilly but if I had my swimsuit, I would've jumped in.
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| Thunder Hole |
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| Sand Beach |
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