Acadia- Vacation Part 4

Well we didn't quiet make it into Maine. We stopped at Moose Brook State Park in New Hampshire to pitch our tent and sleep for the night. After setting up in the now customary darkness we walked out to a field and put the picnic blanket down and watched hundreds of shooting stars cross the sky. Eventually, being in the mountains, we got cold and headed in for the night. The following morning we made a friend who was interested in Dan, and in what Dan was cooking .

And then we moved on to Maine. For real this time. We knew we were getting close to Acadia because the gas prices kept creeping up slowly. After some serious traffic we made it over the bridge to Mount Desert Island. We decided to go to the Hulls Cove Visitor Center to see about getting some lodging for the night at one of the two campgrounds. We waited in line for about 15 minutes before discovering that they were both booked. For the rest of the week. So we decided to go ahead and do the driving tour of the main, and very very busy, part of the Island and call around campgrounds in the area to see where we could sleep. The driving tour was very pretty and there was a lot to see but I do recommend not going during the peak week, like we did. For dinner we went to the Jordan Pond House and had popovers and soup out on the lawn. And then took a short walk to the pond to see the bubbles. Which are actually small mountains.

After that we made the drive up to Cadillac mountain for sunset. I guess it is a more popular place to watch sunrise as it is the first place the light falls on the United States. Sunset was quiet a spectacle however, our sunset even got a standing ovation from the massive crowd. No encore unfortunately.

After driving down Cadillac mountain we headed off the Island. We had reserved a "spot" at a campground called Lamoine State Park. It was about an hour long drive so once again we arrived after dark. I call it a "spot" because when we called to reserve it the kind ranger on the phone said " we have a spot left but it's really no good unless you really just need a place to sleep for the night". We were sold.