NOTE: A Different Approach to Travelogues
In trying to learn to live more in the flow of life I have realized that doing big travelogues (and the associated website updates) isn't flowing naturally. While we're out exploring new areas, I'm always haunted by the fact I haven't gotten the last edition done. Then I spend 8-16 hrs. reviewing & editing pictures, writing, and updating the web. And then sometimes things go wrong, as it did when I tried to do my website updates for the last travelogue.
These days I'm being nudged to CHANGE my approach. For now I will do shorter travelogues with less (or no) pictures. What I plan to spend my writing time doing is recording what inspires me as we continue on our journey--when it inspires me. That means less regular updates. Do check back here, though, as I will still hit the hightlights of our journey.
And now for the UPDATE on MAINE...
We're here on the coast of Maine exploring Acadia National Park. We arrived after dark on Monday. Tom had to do an 'instrument landing' since it was pitch dark when we arrived. His 'traffic controller' on the headset guided him in. (We have headset walkie-talkies.) I even had two flashlights going, so it really was like directing a craft for landing. Luckily we didn't overshoot the runway and end up in the ocean. I know real apples float, but I don't think ours would! Anyway, we're located right on the ocean and when the tide is in, the water is only 15-20 ft. away. It seems so strange that the edge of our 'big pond' changes all the time. We're not use to having tides to observe. They are an interesting reminder of the ebb and flow of life--easy, natural, rhythmic.
We've had about 3 hours of sunshine in the past 10 days, and we're getting very tired of the rain. It's suppose to start clearing on Friday & be decent for the weekend, so we're REALLY looking forward to that. This area is really diverse--mountains, lakes, ocean, cliffs, lighthouses and even a fjord. There are many hiking trails, so we're anxious to explore some of them. So far all our exploring has been by car. We did go up to the top of Cadillac Mtn, the highest point on the Atlantic coast, and the views were awesome, in spite of the haze. Tom described the mountaintop as "bald, pink & wrinkled" (at least I think he was describing the pink granite boulders on the summit). We also stopped at Thunder Hole, Otter Cliffs and Otter Cove--but the hole wasn't thundering, and no otters were around. I guess you're just supposed to use your imagination. We got so good at using our imaginations that we even thought we saw a whale--and then discovered that it was just intermittent waves breaking over a reef. At any rate, the waves are beautiful when crashing into the pink granite cliffs.
The autumn colors are pretty good here, but the rain is stripping some of the leaves, so I don't know how the photography will be. Some days the temperature hasn't gotten out of the 40s, so we've had the heavier coats out. It should get warmer this weekend, so we might even rent bikes to try out some of the carriage roads built by John D. Rockefeller & donated to the park.
Tom enjoyed his first fresh Maine lobster tonight, but he refused to wear the chic plastic bib the restaurant supplied, and the lobster had his revenge. He squirted all over Tom's shirt!
We'll probably stay here until early next week. Then we plan to head down to Cape Cod, MA.
