Today we had planned to return to Mount Desert Island which was over an hour's drive away. We were getting to know the route now and noticed more of the quirky detail along the way. Everyone seemed to be selling camp fire wood bundles or "antiques". The latter often appeared to be little more than junk displayed in the garage but we resisted stopping to browse and confirm our jaundiced perceptions. One detail we noticed was a school with the motto, "If you don't ...

Today we set off reasonably early to drive to Mount Desert Island, a small, picturesque island connected to the mainland by a short bridge to the east of Castine. The island is home to Acadia National Park and many mountain (ok nothing much over 1000ft) and coastal trails so we were looking forward to an active day out. We were a bit disappointed then to find the island pretty much shrouded in fog. We were coming to appreciate that fog is a big part of Maine li...