There is no "R" in Acadia

KW here, we were up early to go to breakfast at Paddy's in downtown Bar Harbor.  Breakfast was great.  We stopped at the front desk of the West Street Hotel.  While talking to the desk clerk Chris we found out our hotel and this one were owned by the same people.  KW asked him if they had any rooms and could we switch hotels.  He said there would be no problem in switching. After checking with Mrs. tour guide (she has the traveling credit card) it was decided we would be switching hotels.
When we got back to our hotel the desk clerk said we were all switched to the new one.  We packed up, loaded the jeep and checked in.

Breakfast Paddy's.


West Street Hotel Bar Harbor.


View of Frenchman Bay from our balcony.




Off to Acadia National Park.


Tour guide heading up the steps to the visitors center.


Mrs Tour guide stamping.


KW & CJ taking their turn stamping.


Hiking Cadillac Mountain, highest point Acadia National Park.


Hey tour guide, this is a small mountain compared to Angels Landing in Zion National Park.








KW & CJ looking down at Bar Harbor.


Hey tour guide, let's get hiking on a new trail.  Wait, where are you going?  Can someone get us down from here.








We talked to Hal and Marie from Boston.


Supper at Paddy's.


Kale and Beet burger salad.


Turkey burger with sautéed spinash.


Homemade Maine Blueberry Pie.


Blueberry soda from Atlantic Brewing Company.


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PS:
Acadia National Park: is a 47,000-acre Atlantic coast recreation area primarily on Maine's Mount Desert Island.  There are over 120 miles of trails for hiking within the park.  Acadia was first established as Sieur de Monts National Monument in July 1916 by President Woodrow Wilson but was changed to Lafayette National Park in February 1919 when it became the first national park east of the Mississippi.  It was not until January 1929 that it officially was name Acadia National Park.

Cadillac Mountain: is located on Mount Desert Island, within Acadia National Park.  With an elevation of 1530 feet, it's summit is the highest point in Hancock County and the highest within 25 miles of the shoreline of the North American continent between the Cape Breton Highlands, Nova Scotia and Mexican peaks 1800 miles south of the Texas border.

Two new Colonies visited:

No WiFi for KW - 05-06-2018

This will be a short blog for yesterday. 300 miles driving.  Two new Colonies, New Hampshire and Maine.  Ocean front hotel, nice view of the Atlantic,  but wait for it...there was NO wifi for KW.  Supper was ok, and I mean just ok.  KW has decided to move to a new Hotel. KW said chump don't want to fix the wifi, chump don't get KW staying in this hotel. Stay tuned.

View from Hotel.


Lobster salad.


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The Redcoats are Coming

"Listen, my children, and you shall hear of the midnight ride of Paul Revere, On the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-five; Hardly a man is now alive Who remembers the famous day and year." Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1863.

Hey tour guide, who is the Wadsworth fellow any way? What about this Revere guy?  What's his claim to fame?  KW, you are so full of questions today.  How about you do some googling of both and let us all know at the end of the blog.  Oh, ok I can do that.

Now where are we off to today?  KW, enough with the questions.  Ok then, just tell me.  We are heading to Lexington and Concord.  Hey wait, aren't they fighting there? No KW, that was quite a few years ago.  Well, I need to be ready just in case.  Well, don't look at me if we see any Redcoats.

Tour guide, you may want to come hear.


Well, that settles it.  I'm getting my musket and powder horn.  Where's my hat?


KW, I'm right with you. This should be a big enough gun for me.  Ok CJ, but wait till you see the whites of their eyes before firing.


OK, now that the skirmish is over Mrs. tour guide can get on with her stamping.


KW & CJ even got into the act.


Old North Bridge in Minuteman National Historic Park.


Lowell National Historic Park.


Mrs. tour guide hit the jackpot with 11 different stamps.




Trolley Cars.


Ridding the Trolley.




The Boott Mills in Lowell, Massachusetts were a part of an extensive group of cotton mills, built in 1835 alongside a power canal system in this important cotton town. Their founder was Kirk Boott, one of the early mill leaders in Lowell. Today, the Boott Mills complex is the most intact in Lowell and is part of the Lowell National Historical Park.




Parts from the Francis Turbine invented by British-American civil engineer James B. Francis.




Hey tour guide, can you get us out of the basement.




PS:

On the evening of April 18, 1775, silversmith Paul Revere left his home and set out on his now legendary midnight ride.


Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was an American poet and educator whose works include "Paul Revere's Ride."


Sunset over Waltham Massachusetts.


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What do you mean we are going to Boston

Hey tour guide, where are we going today?  Well KW, CJ and Mrs. tour guide would like to walk the Freedom Trail.  Ok, cool.  Where is the Freedom Trail anyway?  Oh I don't think you are going to like it.  Oh just tell me, it can't be that bad.  OK, we are going to Boston. Ha Ha, Ha, for a minute there I thought you said Boston, and you know KW won't do no Boston.  As Harry Hogge said in Days of Thunder, No no no sir, don't want em, can't use em, couldn't afford em if I did.  KW get in the jeep.  Ok, but I ain't going to like it.

Boston Common.


Massachusetts State House.


Park Street Church.


Quincy Market.


Green Dragon Tavern.


Captain Jackson's Historic Chocolate Factory.


KW & CJ walking the Freedom Trail.


Tour guide walking the Freedom Trail.


Mrs. tour guide on the Freedom Trail outside the Granary Burying Ground.


Paul Revere and the Old North Church.


Sunset over the Charles River.


TTFN:

PS:

The Freedom Trail is a 2.5 mile-long path through downtown Boston Massachusetts, that passes by 16 locations significant to the history of the United States.  Marked largely with brick, it winds between Boston Common to Bunker Hill Monument in Charlestown.

KW here, it turns out visiting Boston was cool.  I didn't see any of those Red Sox people, so it's all good.  Another good thing, we didn't see that big green thing either.  I wonder where we are heading tomorrow?