Acadia National Park, Bar Harbor, Maine

On Monday, September 26th we headed out from Glens Falls, NY to Maine. The first night we stayed near Killington, Vermont at a state park and the next night we were near Mt. Washington in New Hampshire. We dropped the fifth wheel in the state park and setout to drive up to the top of Mt. Washington. It's a toll road - 8 miles of turning twisting, no guard rail road. Connie drove to the top and Bob drove down. It was a pleasant 70 degrees at the bottom, and a chilling 32 degrees with wind at the top. Mt. Washington gets some very bad weather - they had the highest ever recorded wind of 232 mph there.

On Wedensday we drove to Acadia National park on the Maine coast. It's a beautiful park with lots of trails and a park road that goes for 27 miles. We haven't driven it yet, but plan to do so on Sunday. We did two short hikes on Thursday, a hike on Friday, and on Saturday we went for about a 12 mile bike ride. Back in the 1920-40's John Rockfeller, JR designed carriage roads through the area. They were designed for use by horse carriages and for no automobiles. They weave throughout the park and make a great place to ride bikes, as no automobiles are allowed on them.