Tag: Acadia National Park

RA94: We Made It!

East Orland ME to Bar Harbor ME – 42.2 miles We wore our civvies to breakfast this morning, walking to a place called Duffy’s right across the highway from our motel.   Real friendly service and good eats.  But after yesterday’s run-in with the mega pancakes, I stuck to simple eggs-bacon-toast this morning.  Jack had a great looking waffle with local berries.  Oops – there I go about food again. We took US1 from the motel, but soon turned onto ME176 amd ME172.  These were great routes that, while adding miles, gave us pretty low-traffic downhill runs next to Toddy Pond

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RA93: Almost There

Camden ME to East Orland ME – 43.1 miles Once again, excellent stars last night, although somewhat blocked by trees.  I took this photograph last night aimed straight up, with the underside of the leaves lit by the flicker of our fire. Roger took off early this morning, heading for Augusta, and we said our goodbyes.   Using last night’s coals, I started up a small campfire again and Jack and I moved especially slowly packing up gear, enjoying the site, taking our time in the filtered morning sunshine. We finally rolled out onto US1 northward, looking for breakfast.  Our AC

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