Tuesday, Aug 2 Our goal today was Seal Harbor and the little town of Northeast Harbor. We found the little on-the-shore town to be a minimal version of Bar Harbor with a few shops and restaurants. One shop in particular was unbelievable – being half store and half museum! I took more pictures of the inside than I did of the Harbor outside. Had this store been there when my kids were little -- we would have never gotten out of there . . . for under $1,000! Finally, done shopping (nothing purchased!), we found a water-front city park with a walkway down to the harbor. There were a couple of food trucks and Tom bought a barbacoa Taco, and I got the barbacoa Quesadilla. There were picnic tables on lush green grass under large shade trees, and the weather was perfect in the mid-70’s. We arrived back at our campground at 2:00 to take a break – Pippa got a much-needed bath! At 4:00 we headed out to walk another section of the Bar Harbor shops – this time, up on the hill from the harbor. The stores were all dog-friendly – but so were the people; we were constantly stopping to let people pet, hold, and inquire about Pippa. At 7:00 we were back at the Silvermine for quick showers and a hamburger dinner. Wednesday, August 3 This morning we drove into Ellsworth to do laundry, and we were back by 10:30. We packed some snacks for a lunch and headed off on the Park Loop Road; I wanted to go to Jordon Pond again. It seems that the weekend tourist action starts picking up on Wednesday, as there was no place to park . . . anywhere! We circled around for awhile before giving up and eating our snacks while driving on the loop road. Back at the campground we rested awhile, and I did some cleaning and sorting in the camper. Tonight is our last night in Acadia and we will have a grand good-bye supper of lobster. At the lobster pond, we also bought two slices of blueberry pie, and frozen shrimp for in the future. The only pictures I took today was of the sunset – goodnight! Thursday, August 4, 2022
This has been a very nice campground – but we missed staying in Acadia National Park; the compensation was that we had water and electric hook-up! In no hurry this morning, with only 200 miles to drive to Presque Isle, we will be paralleling the Canadian border the last 100 miles, and will settle in Aroostook County – the northern-most county in Maine. The county covers 1/3 of the land mass of Maine and is primarily farming country – potatoes! Our campground, Arndt’s River Lodge, is very pretty. Built on a hill with stair-step sites all covered in thick green grass, there are trees the higher on the hill you are! We first pulled in and set up with the water/electric on the back side of the camper. Thirty minutes later when we saw the sun going down directly on the front side of the trailer, we pulled up the set-up and backed the trailer in the other way. Now, without even putting the awning down, we have nice shade created by our camper in our own front yard in the afternoon.
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October 2021
We don’t go camping any more . . . we go ‘streamin’ ! The “SIlvermine and His” is our 2018 25' Airstream Serenity with Salsa interior and front twin beds., and ‘streamin’ is the name we use to describe our adventures. Stream along as we document everything from weekend trips to longer summer excursions and full-blown vacations. You know what they say: if you’re not in an Airstream – you’re just camping!
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