Acadia NP (north) and Bangor, ME

Acadia NP north looking across Frenchman Bay to Cadillac Mountain












Another shot of the area














Note the black magma that has come up in the cracks of the pink granite.














Typical church in the countryside of Maine
Water tower in Bangor that dates back before the 1900's



7/25 Wednesday We drove to the portion of Acadia National Park that is attached to the mainland to the north of Frenchman Bay. This was a nice drive but less than we anticipated. We understood there was a lighthouse to see, but seeing was across the bay from one direction and another lighthouse was behind a ‘you are not welcome here” fence erected by the Navy. They said it was part of a satellite station and they did have some large domes covering what we presume to be dishes.



After a drive around here, we headed to Bangor to see the city. It was far smaller than we anticipated, so we ended up driving through downtown so quickly and into the adjacent neighborhoods we both were asking the other, Where is downtown?” We did find some churches and a water tower that dated back to the 1890’s that held 1.7M gallons of water and is still in use today. In fact we were watching the news when we got home and found that they were offering tours at the top today. This is one of four days a year when they open the observation area to the public. There was no signage saying anything about the tours, so we walked around the base, took pictures and left. If we had known, we would have stayed around so we could visit this tower.