Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Big Sur of Maine

Hello all!  This is coming from the beautiful Bar Harbor area on the rocky coast of Maine.  If you are a fan of ocean surf crashing on huge rocks then this is the place for you!

We left Calais Monday morning and our first stop was to see the pretty West Quoddy Head Lighthouse (below).  This is the first of several we will see while in Maine.

As you can see from the next photo, the tide was pretty low at the time of our visit.  


Our route was Route 1 which travels the whole coast of Maine.  The section between Calais and Ellsworth (near Bar Harbor) is a scenic drive known as the Big Sur of Maine.  The photo below is typical of the scenery we observed.



We are staying at the KOA - Woodlands near Bar Harbor.  As we were setting up camp there were two Pileated Woodpeckers darting around the trees overhead.  I tried to get a good shot but they were not cooperating. 

I had intended for this post to be longer but Jim just called from the golf course and I need to go fetch him.  I'll try to cover Tuesday's exploits later today.

Later...


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