Maine Coast/Acadia National Park

We've been in coastal Maine for almost a week and have explored the entire coast north to Saint Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada.  I have to say, I'm not very impressed!  The Oregon coast is much more spectacular; here, the road is not very close to the ocean and you see very little of the actual coastline.  You do see quite a bit of the numerous bays, inlets, and rivers which are interesting enough.  Towns are kinda cute, although I'm really tired of seeing so many houses painted white - they're not very much into color variety here.

This whole area used to be the Arcadia part of Canada and was settled quite a while before the Pilgrims landed on Plymouth Rock.  When the British government ousted the Acadians, they ultimately relocated to Louisiana and are the ancestors of the present day Cajuns.  My great-grandmother was Cajun.  She didn't speak any English when she married my great-grandfather (Abraham Lincoln Jones).  From all accounts, it wasn't a happy marriage and ended in divorce after the birth of seven children in the early 1900's.  For some reason, after the divorce they continued to live together off and on throughout the rest of their lives.  I imagine they had communication issues!  Anyway, I was very eager to see this place and am glad we came and explored.  Can't say I see any reason to return, although Pat has loved eating lobster everyday for a week.  For some odd reason, I'm not a lobster fan; seems a little bland and rubbery to me; so I've been trying to find other great seafood dishes.

On Thursday, we move on to the VERY northeastern point of Massachusetts where both Pat and I have ancestors that settled in the area shortly after the arrival of the Mayflower.  We also plan to take trips into New Hampshire to see the fall foliage, a day trip to Boston, and a trip to an area where there is a large settlement of Portuguese descended from immigrants from the Azores (like Pat's family in Maui).

We're still doing great in "the 5th".  We've been going and doing so much that it seems like we're hardly here at all.  We are missing our friends and family and especially our new grandson (who looks like his grown a ton in the two plus weeks since we left Colorado!).