Time to cover the weekend's activities ...
Saturday began with a trip to Bangor to the Bangor State Fair. We had seen it all after an hour and a half ... and that's because the last half hour, we watched the Swampmaster from Florida's alligator wrangling show. Or was it a crocodile? I wonder what they would think of our "county" fair, which is way larger. While in Bangor, we drove past (after stopping on the street to take pictures) one of Stephen King's Bangor homes.
Then we drove to the Fort Knox (not the one with the gold) and Penobscot Narrows Bridge State Park. In 2006, the older bridge was replaced with a more modern designed bridge with two towers, one of the towers having an observation floor. As you enter the park and pay the day use fee, if you want to go up into the observation tower, you are given a "tour" time. We had photo ops at the Fort Knox sign, then headed to the elevator which would take us to the observation area. Some great views from up there! After our time in the observation area, we returned to Fort Knox to play and explore the fort. Saturday evening, although we couldn't stay for it but I would have liked to, "Romeo and Juliet" was being presented inside the fort. That would have been something to see!
Instead, we had Girls Night Out and the boys had Boys Night Out. The boys went to the Down East Deli in Prospect Harbor for a meat pizza and then to see Inception at the Milbridge Theater. We gals went to Nautica, which was also in Prospect Harbor. We got back before the boys.
Today, Sunday, we went to Acadia Nat'l Park and left our cars in the Visitors Center parking lot. L.L. Bean sponsors or helps support the Island Hopper buses which go all over the park, Bar Harbor, and into outlying villages or communities, and the fare is free. We took the Island Hopper to two of the busiest, most popular stops on the Park Loop drive: Sand Beach and Thunderhole. Acadia is beautiful. But I think I've been saying that every day about Maine and whatever we see on a given day.
We made a laundry stop in Ellsworth, our last one before Boston and home, followed by a pizza dinner at Pat's. Except that Michael and I split a spaghetti and meatball dinner. We were told we had to try a whoopie pie, so I bought a peanut butter one (I'm hoping it will be like a Reese's peanut butter cup) for later, just so we could say we had tried it.
Strange things are afoot at the Stinson house. Details in a later blog ...
5,007 steps Saturday
4,844 steps Sunday
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