Maine sights

Acadia National Park offers dramatic landscapes and like all of Maine, it is full of pretty  lakes.  It is not really possible to do justice to the Maine landscape by photographs.  They do not capture the vast stretches of water, sea and lakes and the lovely big ragged, rocks.  Maine is where New Yorkers and other east coasters come for the cooler summers.

We visited Camden before going on to Acadia NP. Camden is a picture-postcard small town where we had coffee at the local deli with a fabulous view.

This is looking back at Camden Deli with the town waterfall in front.  This is the third US city we have come across with a wonderful waterfall right in the middle of the town.  It is quite spectacular.

Looking down on Camden harbour from Mt Battie.  It was not a sunny day and it is a little foggy but a nice view nevertheless.

The view towards Cadillac Mountain in Acadia NP.  Cadillac Mountain 1,530 ft is the highest coastal peak in the eastern US and it is the place where dawn first touches the continental US.  As well as a park loop for driving, there are also 45 miles of carriage roads for cycling.  In 1919 John D. Rockefeller donated land to the national parks system and he built these private carriage roads to prevent the motor car encroaching.

The view from Mt Cadillac.  Many dotted islands along the coast, a familiar Maine sight.

Jordan Pond with the two Bubbles (mountains) in the background.

A familiar view in Maine of beautiful rocks.

Relaxing at a lake in Cobscook SP - a lovely state park in eastern Maine.  This part of Maine is a little off the main tourist track but camping aficionados know it as a delightful park with many sites on the lakefront.

Another very typical Maine sight especially along the coast. A lobster pound where they sell and steam lobsters.

My partially consumed delicious stuffed clam.

And another wonderful Maine lobster roll.