Sunshine was forecast and sunshine with clear blue skies it was! We work like a well oiled machine on days when we plan to get out for a full day - one of us leaps forth and gets breakfast organised, we check emails etc over a cup of tea and then organise walking kit, rucsack, camera gear and sandwiches for lunch. We decided to head for Acadia National Park on Mount Desert Island again and given our urge for a decent walk we decided on Cadillac Mountain. This si...

Today we woke to grey overcast skies so the incentive to get out to walk wasn't strong. Instead we spent the day reading, researching where to go on sunny days and photographing the wildlife visitors to the bird table and bird feeder in our Castine garden. Oh and Dave went for a run as the weather brightened up later in the day. We'd seen several interesting birds at the bird feeder since we've been here so when a Blue Jay arrived this morning Jill decided to ge...

As expected the sun continued so today we headed east to Deer Isle. The local Heritage Trust have done a great job establishing and maintaining a number of short trails dotted across the island and the local Chamber of Commerce run an Information Office just across the bridge as you reach the island. Local advice was Stinson Point and Barred Island was a picturesque walk and the low lunch-time tide meant we could walk out to Barred Island across a sand spit. Alth...

The weather forecast suggested today was to be the start of a spell of brighter weather so walking was planned. As it was the weekend we decided to head west around the coast to avoid the relatively popular Acadia area. Camden Hill State Park looked promising with lots of trails and hills to explore. Seen outside a church en route: "Avoid the Christmas rush, come to church now". We will keep this brief as there is little of note in our walking trips around the M...

The only unlucky thing about this Friday the 13th was that it was raining quite hard from the start. Clearly not a day for climbing the modest coastal mountains so we decided to head off to the nearby town of Bucksport, which is much more of a working town than Castine, to pick up a few bits of shopping and try to organise hair cuts - we've been away close to eight weeks so both felt the need for a trim. The cleaners, who we met yesterday, had advised appointment...