New Brunswick

Saint John is the largest city in the Canadian province of New Brunswick, and the second largest in the maritime provinces. It is known as the Fundy City due to its location on the north shore of the Bay of Fundy at the mouth of the Saint John River.

We were boondocking seventy feet from this view.

My photo looks like a promotional one I saw on a brochure, and, well, you could hardly miss with this amazing view. For awhile we saw a waterfall here; a few hours later the tide turned the whole thing upriver and there was no hint of a waterfall. I had to see it to believe it.

Rockwood Park is a city park in Saint John, New Brunswick. It is one of Canada's largest urban parks. The park encompasses miles of upland Acadian mixed forest, many hills and several caves, as well as several freshwater lakes, with an extensive trail network, a golf course and the city's zoo.

We saw many monuments and provincial flags here.

Whoops, I forgot to take pictures. But why?

The shock of no longer having phone/text ability made me think the iPhone had to be put away; however, after the shock of cutting off most communications, I remembered that the iPhone is my camera too. (!)

Also, a new GPS that I had bought in Maine stopped working the minute I crossed into Canada!
(Hmmm, good idea to check for Canadian maps next time.)

Well, it turned out my old GPS from 2009 had Canadian maps on it. So I used that until I arrived at Costco in Moncton to trade in the new Garmin for one with Canadian maps.

I think it was one of the busiest Costcos I have ever seen.

This has all been difficult because I have become used to cell phone map technology, but I won't have access to that for six weeks from now until I cross the border back into Maine.

Meanwhile, back to satellite GPS and learning the updates on it's technology. It talks to you if you say the exact right thing. Unlike Siri, it has no sense of humor.

All this is enough to make me downright grouchy.

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.

More Acadia

Cadillac Mountain is located on Mount Desert Island within Acadia National Park. With an elevation of 1,528 feet, its summit is the highest point within 25 miles of the shoreline of the North American continent between the Cape Breton Highlands, Nova Scotia and Mexican peaks 180 miles south of the Texas border.

What a great view!

Proud to have arrived at Cadillac Mountain after thousands of miles and five months on the road.

Before being renamed in 1918, the mountain had been called Green Mountain. The new name honors the French explorer and adventurer, Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac.

Hiking marker.

Nice art in the gift shop.

The Schoodic Peninsula, containing the only portion of Acadia National Park on the mainland, has granite headlands, rocky beaches, and spruce-fir forests. Although similar in scenery to Mount Desert Island, the coast of the Schoodic Peninsula is more secluded.

Who painted the rocks?

A six-mile, one-way loop road offers views of lighthouses, sea birds, and forested islands.

Our boondocking site was just south of the Canadian border near Mahar Point and a place named Reversing Falls.

The view out the T@b window. Beautiful, but the Mosquitos were seriously at work.

Let's hear it for the Final Four of over twenty RVers who began this journey from the West Coast last winter!

Acadia National Park

Here is the Maine I imagined. Just hop in a kayak and paddle around a cove any old time.

and those dramatic rocky shores . . .

and boats. Does everyone here have a boat?

View from the restaurant into Acadia NP near our Seawall Campground.

Up early Sunday morning to see Bar Harbor.

Down at the harbor on a beautiful Spring day.

Checking out the boats in Bar Harbor.

Cruise ship departs.

These wild roses smell like the real McCoy.

Summer cottage along the harbor path.

Schedule of stuff to do in the Park which I didn't find time to do!

Wading at Sand Beach along the Acadia Park Road.

Thunder Hole - The ocean jams against the granite and might get everyone wet.

Popovers at Jordan Pond House sitting at a table on the grass overlooking Seal Harbor is a tradition. We found ourselves there on Father's Day.

Rockland's granite pier

The Rockland Breakwater was built with over 700,000 tons of granite at a price of $750,000 and took almost two decades to complete (1881-1899). It was built because in the 1850's, several big storms from the northeast caused an extreme amount of damage to the inner parts of Rockland Harbor.

The cover photo for our rock band release.

Intrepid Adelle.

You visit the lighthouse by walking across the mammoth granite blocks that make up the breakwater. The granite blocks were cut to fit and were placed end-to-end in water up to 70 feet deep traversing 7/8th of a mile to the end of the granite pier.

Phew, now that the strenuous walk is over, it's time to eat at charming Cafe Miranda in downtown Rockland.

We order the delicious special, Deconstructed Nachos.

I'm not kidding! Here's proof. What a fun menu.

Rockland's beautiful old Library.