Days 6-8: Maine and Acadia National Park

Now the road trip begins in earnest, with two weeks of no contact with friends and family -- starting with Acadia National Park.

At a Burger King in Waterville, ME, of all places: soda of the future. 484 soda combination possibilities.

To hide the tennis ball from Winter, we put it on the roof and forgot about it.  It made it to Maine, let's see how long we can keep it up there before it falls off...

Home sweet campsite.

Our front yard.

Our back yard. Seriously.

First thousand miles (of about 12 thousand)

Messing around with the "Super Vivid" setting on the camera...

This dinner was actually pretty good: camp pies.  Basically a hamburger with cheese and some toppings.  But it was dark, and we didn't know until morning that it looked like gefilte fish. 

I spent a half hour getting this crap to pop.

Winter is hard to see in the dark without a flash.

Double flash.

Goals for the day: 1) Summit Cadillac Mountain, and 2) Don't lose Winter.

Winter was pretty much in the lead the whole time.

More Super Vivid setting... yikes.

MADE IT.

This is Shaun and Naomi -- recently married, and let us crash their honeymoon in Bar Harbor after we met on Cadillac Mountain...

...with dinner at Carmen Veranda.  Get it?

Phish+Beastie Boys+Mos Def = These guys

Sunrise on Cadillac Mountain -- first people in the US to see the sun (along with the 30 other people there at 6 am...)

Movin' out.

SUPPOSEDLY this place has decent lobster rolls.  First impression: somewhat inauspicious.

Clientele: Questionable.

Place setting: "Not the way your mama does it, but there you are, hon."

Kitchen: Oh, no.

KAPLOWIE!

Shout out to Camp Androscoggin, or at least the River.  This was an over-the-shoulder, out the driver side window shot.  Pretty impressive.

This sounds promising...

...BUT THEY LIED.  No coffee in this pond.