Serendipity

Started out at the LLBean outlet in Ellsworth to buy Jill a new hat. So we left with also two new shirts for Les, pair pants, and shirt for Jill. Expensive hat Les joked.

To avoid the Sunday crowd in the park, we opted to head east on the "Down East Highway", US Highway 1 (not to be confused with California 1, the Pacific Coast Highway, PCH). Jill search Google Maps for points of interest, such as lighthouses, which are very numerous here. Unfortunatly, these are mostly on islands or otherwise not accessable. She found what looked to be an art gallery, so we headed there.
On the way, we picked up a snack and stopped at a roadside rest to eat it. As we were about to leave, we noticed the tide was going out in the bay below and rocks had been exposed, so Les went down and shot a few picture with his cell phone.
We found the gallery in a home overlooking the ocean. And yes, they had art to show, but the owner was just setting up a 3 hour watercolor class. Jill was invited to join in, which she did and totally enjoyed it. Les and Indy went out an did a little photography in the area.
We bought some popcorn chicken at a store on the way back west and went to a small nature preserve to park and eat it. The parking lot was so small and secluded, it made us nervous, so we moved on. We finally wandered out to Schoodic Point, a unit of Acadia NP that is across a bay from the main part of the park. We fininsh dinner as visitors began filling up the parking lot to watch the sunset over the bay. Jill took her sketch pad and chair out to do some sketching and Les took the DSLR camera out to shoot rocks and seascapes. It was a very nice sunset.Read more