What a beautiful place on this earth, Maine--specifically, Acadia National Park.
Corgan and I discussed the first rule of the trip after he missed out on 2 great sites by choosing to sit with his gameboy rather than get out with me and see such fantastic views. 1st rule, no gameboy until we get on highway.
Thunderhole was as spectacular as it was when I was here before with Tom. Corgan got out and walked along the rocks and heard the great thunderous sound as the waves crashed in the gorged out area of the rocks.
The beach was wild, the waves frantic as they surged against the cliffs and splashed the cold, cold water onto the rocks. We couldn't get in the water because it was so cold.
We saw so many things and we got here at high tide so it was really beautiful. We hope to go back later at low tide so Corgan can see the difference.
We passed a group of people looking up at Cadillac mountain, (what a view from there!) I stopped to see what they were doing as there was a park ranger with them and they all had big cameras. Corgan didn't want to get out so I walked a few yards ahead and asked what was going on. The ranger told me to look through the telescope. I saw a rare peregrin falcon roosting on a ledge of the rock face of the mountain. As I watched, he stretched out his neck and spread his wings. What a sight! I most likely will never see a peregrin falcon in the wild ever again. I feel blessed.
PeeWee had a rough day walking, running and climbing and having a very friendly looking Golden Retriever attack him. I snatched him up and out of harms way, but it was scary. The man with the dogs could not believe his dog did that. We were on the top of a very high cliff with rocks below. It was a scary moment for me and for PeeWee. Luckily, Corgan was looking at something else and wasn't very close. We kept coming to signs that said 'to Parking area', but they lied. Everyone we took just led us on a new and very long trail to other areas of the cliffs. We had about a 5-6 mile trek by the time we got out. The cliffs are high and drop down to huge boulders below and then the ocean hammers at the rocks. It was all very breathtaking. I could walk those trails everyday. Wow!
PeeWee is very tired. He is stretched out beside me in the tent, snoring and having doggy dreams about this day. This is a very dog friendly area, dogs are everywhere, even some of the restaurants.
We went to a couple of places to shop and stopped at one of my favorite Barbeque places and ate lunch. Like Tom before him, Corgan's eyes were much bigger than his stomach. No matter, we boxed it up and we will have it for dinner tonight. He had a terrific rootbeer made right there where we ate lunch, at a brewery. He got to taste rootbeers and other sodas and I got to taste beers and wines.
It has been an exhausting half trip and I am looking forward to the return trip and the great sites we will see there. I do not have cell service here and can only post when I get to a spot with internet. I hope Katie reads this and can convince Corgan to enjoy the sites and places we are yet to go. It is a wonderful opportunity for him to see a lot of places he may never visit again.
Computer battery dying. Will post this tomorrow when I find internet. Night all
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