We continued into New Hampshire and stopped at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway for the guys to see. The Porsche Club was raceing and they watched for a while. Tuesday, we drove into Maine. The day started out rainy, but it was still beautiful.
It had stopped raining before we arrived at Sunset Point Campground in Harrington, Maine to spend the next couple of nights. We saw lots of fields covered with a reddish low growing plant. We did not know until after arriving and asking that these were blueberry fields. Maine is well known for their wild blueberries, but we had never seen any plants this small. The berries are harvested in August and after the first frost the leaves on the plants turn red.
This is the inlet near where we were staying.
Wednesday, Oct. 14, we took the car and drove east toward Quoddy Head State Park, just outside of Lubec, Maine. These are a few of the pictures taken on the way.
West Quoddy Head Lighthouse is located on the easternmost point of the contiguous United States. It was built in 1808 and is the most recognized of Maine's 65 lighthouses.
We walked down to the ocean to watch the waves. It was a little windy, but beautiful.
We decided we were hungry and stopped at Uncle Kippy's. This late in the season, there wasn't much else open. We all had lobster and it was very good.
Thursday, Oct. 15, we drove into Acadia National Park and up Cadillac Mountain, the highest point on the East Coast of the United States. We had a full 360 degree view of all of the surrounding area.
A cruise ship from Germany at Bar Harbor.
A seagul in flight.
Later, we went back down the mountain to Bar Harbor for a late lunch. We decided on West St. Cafe and that was a very good decision. The food was wonderful, the best we have had on the trip.
With very full tummies, we decided to walk around town a little. There were lots of people, both traveling in cars and from the cruise ship.
Egg Rock Light Station
After a very enjoyable day, we finally made our way back to the campground.
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