Woke up yesterday morning to a glorious cold sunny day which was a real surprise considering it was still raining in the early hours of the morning. Acadia National Park entrance is only a few kms from our Inn and is extremely well sign posted and easy to get around by car, Oli's Trolley, summer shuttle or on foot over dozens of trails of varying standard. We elected to drive around the one-way road to Sand Beach and do the 7km cliff walk which took us past the T...

After a couple of days travelling and an overnight stop in Honolulu, we are finally in Maine, USA. I liken international air travel to having a baby - somehow we forget all about the pain it causes and we front up for seconds!!! We are now very well acquainted with Terminal 5 of JFK New York after having spent 10 hours waiting for our flight to Portland, Maine. The original one was cancelled due to a maintenance issue (good news really) so we had to wait for the ...