Campobello

Right over the Canadian border from Maine is Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt's summer getaway.

It is kept in pristine condition. I liked seeing it because recently I was in Warm Springs, Georgia to see the Roosevelts' place, and a few years back, 1998, in Hyde Park to see the family's home and Presidential Library. Visiting all three homes gives a good sense of their lives.

Time for dinner with a view overlooking the bay.

What was odd was having Canadian docents interpret the Roosevelts - definitely a different take.

The Roosevelt family was active and the house reflects their love of the outdoors.

The Roosevelt family loved the tranquility; the property remained in their hands until 1952 when it was sold by Elliott Roosevelt (Franklin and Eleanor's fourth child) to Victor Hammer and his brother Armand Hammer of Boston and they owned it up until 1963. The Hammers said Eleanor was always welcome to come whenever she pleased, and her last visit was in 1962 to attend the opening of the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Bridge connecting Campobello Island to Lubec, Maine.

Near Campobello is West Quoddy Head in Lubec, Maine. It is the easternmost point of the contiguous United States and the closest point to Europe from a point in the fifty States.

West Quoddy Head overlooks Quoddy Narrows, a strait between Canada and the United States. Since 1808, there has been a lighthouse there to guide ships through the waterway. The current one, with distinctive red-and-white stripes, was built in 1858.

This view of Quoddy Head is from Campobello Island.

Another photo from Campobello Island.

We drove to the Quoddy Head Lighthouse and visited the little Visitor Center there.