Acadia NP, Mt. Desert Island -

Yesterday and today we wandered Acadia National Park and Mt. Desert Island. We have been very surprised by how many people are vacationing at this time of year. We have normally found this time to be quiet. We could understand if  there were fall colors but none haven’t arrived yet.

With all the crowds we have had some disappointments in what we wanted to do. We tried Cadillac Mountain(tallest mountain on Mt. Desert) and where the sun hits the US first in the morning. An awesome experience. Our first try was wall-to-wall traffic and we gave up. Our second try was early in the morning and we were able to get to the top, beautiful view. 

Our other disappointment was the Wonderland trail, just no parking at all. We may try that again tomorrow. Depends on the weather, rain is in the forecast again. 

Other than those disappointments we are having a good trip. We head out around 8 AM and get back between 1-2 PM. Works fine for us. 

Today we did some site seeing in Acadia and then headed to Penobscot Narrows Bridge, this is cradle bridge, same designer as in Boston and Tampa Bay. The difference is that you can go to the top of one of the towers for a wonderful view. Maine is water water everywhere so the views are awesome. 

We meet so many wonderful people that we have chats with, from the supermarket to the scenic views. We just chat away with them, everyone is always in a good mood on vacation. All these brief encounters are interesting and entertaining.

One thing that surprised us was the number of cruise ships that come here. Only one per day but every day there seems to be a new one. 

We will be leaving for Canada on Friday and I am not sure about the internet situation. We will be in many smallish villages that do get tourists but not in massive quantities. I know the campgrounds are more rustic.