Bar Harbor was a beautiful town but tormented Barb as she had to look at yet another cruise ship. After the pouting, we wa
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dered around town & continued on to Acadia National Park. We drove along the rugged coastline. We stopped to view "Thunder Hole" & wandered out the path. This entailed climbing over several rocks until we heard the thundering sound of the waves crashing into a rock cove. Then we found the overlook & paved path that led to it. We ju
mped the fence to where we should have been. Oops! This time it really was a mistake. 57 miles of gravel carriage roads & stone bridges that criss-cross the park were donated by Joh
n D. Rockefeller Jr. because he preferred horse travel to motor travel. We also came across the most stunning garden near Acadia. It appears to be a private garden, not a park. We headed south to the land of very large objects. The Big Indian must have been in front of a gift shop, Eartha is a 42 foot rotating globe in a map store, the LL Bean boot is to celebrate their 90th anniversary, Lenny the
1700 lb
chocolate moose
was in a candy store & the boulders in front of a house in Kennebunkport put Dale's boulder to shame. Speaking of Kennebunkport, we "visited" former President & Mrs. Bush. Their compound is beautiful but not super-fancy & has an amazing location on its own peninsula. Lots of little outbuildings around the property for their Secret Service detail. There is a pullout on the road across the cove & we stopped to stare for a little while. Just happened to have the binoculars in the Jeep so that was
a bonus. Boy weren't we surprised when Barbara Bush herself came outside to walk the dog! That's Mrs. Bush in the hot pink top. While we weren't invited in, we did get a secondhand hot dining tip. Apparently, President & Mrs. Bush are fans of the peanut butter ice cream pie at Mabel's Lobster Claw. What we didn't realize til this glorious creation was in front of us was that it is topped by hot fudge! YUM!!! (Did you know you can click on each picture to see a larger version?)
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dered around town & continued on to Acadia National Park. We drove along the rugged coastline. We stopped to view "Thunder Hole" & wandered out the path. This entailed climbing over several rocks until we heard the thundering sound of the waves crashing into a rock cove. Then we found the overlook & paved path that led to it. We ju
mped the fence to where we should have been. Oops! This time it really was a mistake. 57 miles of gravel carriage roads & stone bridges that criss-cross the park were donated by Joh
n D. Rockefeller Jr. because he preferred horse travel to motor travel. We also came across the most stunning garden near Acadia. It appears to be a private garden, not a park. We headed south to the land of very large objects. The Big Indian must have been in front of a gift shop, Eartha is a 42 foot rotating globe in a map store, the LL Bean boot is to celebrate their 90th anniversary, Lenny the 
chocolate moose 
was in a candy store & the boulders in front of a house in Kennebunkport put Dale's boulder to shame. Speaking of Kennebunkport, we "visited" former President & Mrs. Bush. Their compound is beautiful but not super-fancy & has an amazing location on its own peninsula. Lots of little outbuildings around the property for their Secret Service detail. There is a pullout on the road across the cove & we stopped to stare for a little while. Just happened to have the binoculars in the Jeep so that was 
a bonus. Boy weren't we surprised when Barbara Bush herself came outside to walk the dog! That's Mrs. Bush in the hot pink top. While we weren't invited in, we did get a secondhand hot dining tip. Apparently, President & Mrs. Bush are fans of the peanut butter ice cream pie at Mabel's Lobster Claw. What we didn't realize til this glorious creation was in front of us was that it is topped by hot fudge! YUM!!! (Did you know you can click on each picture to see a larger version?)
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