Tuesday; 3 October; Maine

Another day of adventure. Today we will follow the trail that we were going to do yesterday. We drove down to Mt Desert Island but just drove right on by the Visitor Center and went to Cadillac Mountain. Its elevation is 1,550'.  We stopped along the way a couple times to take pictures and to hike around.It was pretty up there and while we were there we hiked.

There were a lot more people up here today than yesterday; perhaps because there were two giant ships in port.  Although there were an awful lot of out of state cars in the parking lots.

We hiked all around up there and ....

even found some very cool surveyor's mar

This mark indicates the summit

This one is the summit marker!

This one gives directions to the summit marker.

Then of course there were awesome views.

And of course Bella loved it because, as Rob always says, she was on her "daily migration".  He says dogs have to go on a migration daily to discover new sights and smells in order to be happy and healthy.  We certainly try to provide that for her.

 We drove on further and overlooked a favorite beach for sunning, swimming and other water sports.

It is quite beautiful.  The whole drive was quite spectacular with beautiful ocean, bay and rocky views.

There were some very fun trolleys on the road, but there were also some really scary BIG busses that took up more that their share of the road.

We also stopped in at the Coast Guard Station with it's lovely lighthouse.  There are like 132 lighthouses along the coast of Maine.  It was quite a hike down some steep stairs to this one.

Another thing that was fun about our lighthouse visit were the buoys with their bells out in the water.  They clang as the buoys rock and they each have a different tone.  It was nice.

On the way home Rob wanted to stop at a gym in Bangor for a workout.  I sat in the parking lot and worked on yesterday's blog since we have no service back at the rig.  I got most of yesterday's done, but was not able to save or publish it.  

We stopped in at a grocery store on the way home and then stopped in at the lodge before going to the rig.  I was able to save and publish the blog before going to our rig.

Once there we had an adult beverage while unwinding and then went to bed.

(This is being published tomorrow while enjoying a meal at Sea Dog Brewery in Bangor Maine!)