Trip to Maine

This was my first trip to another U.S state since i set foot on Boston on 5th March, 2009. It all started from a long drive down from Revere, where i live to Acadia National Park. Its the only United States National Park in New England. It is on the coast of the Down East region of Maine near the town of Bar Harbour. It took about 5hrs drive. I took turns to drive with Kenny. When reached Bar Harbour, we quickly search for our hotel on the GPS and checked-in. Without wasting further time, we all quickly get back into the car and drove up to Cadillac Mountain in Acadia National Park. Its one way up and another way down. Single direction. As you drive up the auto road, there are a few scenic spots for you to stop and take some photos. At the summit, there are paths for you to walk around to take photos and enjoy the breathtaking view of the whole area. It can be quite chilly up there. There are many other tourists there too.



Before its dark, we then quickly descend and head on for our lobster meal. Kenny's friend, Adrian, recomend us to try the lobster at this place called Trenton Bridge Lobster Pound. Looks good, but after eating it, poor Kenny vomitted most of the lobster out. His stomach went queasy after eating it. I think he ate some part of the lobster meat that looks greenish. I was ok, no problem, ate all the white part.



As this was Ryan's first trip without his smelly bed and bedsheet, he didnt sleep the whole night until early morning. Argh! We end up sleeping only a few hours and by 11am, we quickly check out and drive further up north to Millinocket, where, we going to stay for the 2nd night.

We quickly check in, drop our things and head off to visit Baxter state park. Before i came to maine, i read up on the website, then you can spot many moose, deer, bear, etc in this park. To my disappointment, we drove about 4hrs inside the park and only spotted a deer running arcoss the road. Lots of flies came to visit us. Ha, this Phoebe was so busy using the road map snapping
the flies and bees away. And No, no sign of any moose.

After driving for so long, we felt that its pointless to keep on driving further into the park, so we decided to head back to the hotel and rest. The next morning, we asked a staff at the Gas station on places where we can spot a moose, he told us, that you have to hike into the forest at Baxter State Park in order to spot a moose.

we headed back home, a 7hrs drive back to Revere, Massachusetts.