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Acadia National Park contains more than 120 miles of historic hiking trails. This bridge was 10'8"at the centre and I was glad not to have encountered a car coming the other way.  Today many of the historic features, such as stonework, are still visible. Near this location is the home of John D. Rockerfeller, who donated the park to the US Government.  Most of the trails were originally built by him as carriageways and have been maintained in remarkable shape.  This is definitely a hiker/biker heaven.  There are a group of Quebecers here who come twice a year and spend 4 days each time biking and hiking the trails and kayaking on the Bay.  We've also seen more - many more grand and unique homes.  We visited an old house that has been transformed into a restaurant and serves daily tea with home made popovers and Maine wild blueberry jam.  - mmmmmmmmmm! 

For lunch we went to the Shipyard Tavern and watched the FIFA match between the US and Ghana.  First TV we've seen in weeks.

Bar Harbor Town is a delightful, quaint place with thousands of marvellous little shops catering to the touring trade and I could have spent a fortune there, but I didn't.  Yay, me!  Oh, and there is even another LL Bean Outlet store here.

Tomorrow, we finally head north to New Brunswick and the on into Nova Scotia where we are planning to meet up with my cousin Charlotte, visit Cape Breton and then back to the graveyard prowling that made last summer so fun!  We will be staying in Pugwash for some of the time because that is where the historical archives for Cumberland County reside.  I can hardly wait!

The weather here was perfect for outdoor pursuits - hazy and comfortably cool.

To be continued......