Pemaquid Point

 On my list of things to do - see a couple of lighthouses!  Our neighbors next door who had went to the East Coast last year, said that most lighthouses were closed to walking up to the top so to do some research before going!  And I did - and THIS lighthouse was one you could walk up!

The Lighthouse Tower was originally built in 1827 and is owned by the Coast Guard, but leased to the American Lighthouse Foundation.  The light inside was originally lit by oil, then kerosene, then electrified, becoming automatic in 1934 - it can be seen for 14 miles in clear weather!

And an added note - it's the lighthouse featured on the Maine quarter!

Only 4 or 5 people are allowed to go up at one time - yes, it's SMALL up there!  This is a view from the top!

And here's a picture of the actual light!

Next we went to the Fishermen's Museum which collects and preserves historical data and artifacts related to the fishing industry - Glenn enjoyed this!  I did like this huge lobster which was somewhere between 35 and 40 pounds!  Now that's a lot of meat on one lobster!

We walked around the beautiful grounds and picnic area before we left!

Heading to Southwest Harbor we crossed this huge bridge and it was sure cool looking, although hard to get a picture of it!

What did we do before cell phones to give us directions?   I had actually purchased road maps for all 3 states to plan out our trip and had one of those opened on my lap ALL the time!  But the phone did the directions pretty darn good so most of the time we found where we were going although there were a lot of turn arounds from missing our turns!

When I planned the trip, I would just use "directions" on google to find out how many miles between 2 places - and that was my mistake!  If the distance between 2 places was 60 miles, I automatically assumed it would take a little over an hour to get there - NOT!  Double or triple that time and it's much more accurate!  That's because there are not a lot of interstates in these small states (not that we wanted to be on them anyway!!) so most of the 2 lane highways are curvy with solid trees on each side and take you through little towns and villages - which we both loved!  It just took SO much longer than I had planned to get where we were going every day so I had way too much planned!

We FINALLY got to Southwest Harbor where we checked into the CUTEST and NICEST cabin ever!  All the cabins were set in the trees (no surprise because there are millions of trees around!) and were perfect in every regard!  The hosts were nice as can be and we visited a lot with them and got some ideas for the next day!

Dinner that evening was a walkable couple of blocks at the marina - this was our view although darkness came soon after!  We once again ordered a lobster roll and clam chowder - it was good but not as much as the night before!

Next up - Acadia National Park!