On Wednesday morning, it was raining. We drove to Acadia National Park, up to the top of Cadillac Mountain. When we arrived, it was shrouded in fog, but the sun soon started to come out and the view that was revealed was spectacular, with sweeping vistas of the rocky Maine coast and fishing villages. One of the amazing things about this coast and how it differs from Oregon’s is the beautiful architecture. Huge, gorgeous old houses, mostly built for shipping captains, but now populated by B&B’s and used as summer homes for the wealthy. We spent the day driving through Acadia, stopped at the Acadia natives botanical garden, took a quick hike by Tarn Pond, and followed the Loop Road around the park. We saw a huge owl that was hooting at us while we meandered down a
trail. He was amazing and we watched him from far below as he swiveled his head seemingly 360 degrees. We did get one step closer to camping, by touring the Blackwoods campground – which true to its name was very dark, even in the middle of the day. Realizing that we weren’t quite ready for the camping experience, we found another B&B, the LedgeLawn Inn. A 1904 rambling home that has been converted to a B&B. The buffet breakfast was nasty, but the wireless access and the afternoon wine bar by the fireplace, made up for that. We had a great Italian dinner at Guinness & Porcelli’s in Bar Harbor.
On Wednesday morning, it was raining. We drove to Acadia National Park, up to the top of Cadillac Mountain. When we arrived, it was shrouded in fog, but the sun soon started to come out and the view that was revealed was spectacular, with sweeping vistas of the rocky Maine coast and fishing villages. One of the amazing things about this coast and how it differs from Oregon’s is the beautiful architecture. Huge, gorgeous old houses, mostly built for shipping captains, but now populated by B&B’s and used as summer homes for the wealthy. We spent the day driving through Acadia, stopped at the Acadia natives botanical garden, took a quick hike by Tarn Pond, and followed the Loop Road around the park. We saw a huge owl that was hooting at us while we meandered down a 
trail. He was amazing and we watched him from far below as he swiveled his head seemingly 360 degrees. We did get one step closer to camping, by touring the Blackwoods campground – which true to its name was very dark, even in the middle of the day. Realizing that we weren’t quite ready for the camping experience, we found another B&B, the LedgeLawn Inn. A 1904 rambling home that has been converted to a B&B. The buffet breakfast was nasty, but the wireless access and the afternoon wine bar by the fireplace, made up for that. We had a great Italian dinner at Guinness & Porcelli’s in Bar Harbor.
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Very nice scenery. But I'm wondering ... does the "sock" connect you to B&Bs as well as your tent? That way, you can be inside by the fire with your wireless access, and still be only steps away from the cool stuff you stashed in your Xterra. If not, maybe you should invent a sock for this; I think they'd sell like hotcakes. Whaddya think?
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