Acadia National Park - Maine (US)

I haven't blogged for a while. Not sure why, however, here we're again. We wish to share a couple trips we have taken over the past 2 months. At the end of May we decided to go RVing up to the coast of Maine. We drove straight to Saco - Maine, where we stayed at lovely KOA campground. We were just a few minutes from Old Orchard beach. If you have never been to Maine or only have had experience with southern coast of this country, you'll be for a surprise when you arrive in Maine.

The rugged beauty, the old fishing villages that it seems like that the clock has stopped in time. The great people and great food there is hard to compare to any other place.

Let me tell you a little about our RVing experience before we dive into the beauty. As stated above we stayed at a very nice campground in Saco - Maine. The drive up there was very relaxed without any issues. Our agenda was to really get to Acadia National Park. My wonderful husband doesn't really believe in the latest gadgets of GPS. So this means, he studies the maps very well before leaving in the morning and making sure that the route we're taking makes senses for us and it is scenic. So, after spending a few days in Saco, we continued heading up the coast of Maine and we took route one (1). Since we had never taken this route, I thought that it was a solid plan. Little did I know that I had to close my eyes at times because I was scared that we were going to hit a church, a building or anything on the road.

Route one (1) up the coast of Maine is absolutely beautiful. If you can picture old fishing villages with beautiful churches, antiques and country stores, restaurants and cafe. It is absolutely a beautiful way to see the coast of Maine. However, from a view of a 38 foot Motor Home is a bit scary. 

We did manage however, to arrive at........oh my goodness, I forgot the name of the village where we parked our Motor Home. Our main objective was to explore Acadia National Park.  And, exploring we did!

During our second day there, we decided to go for a nice hike. We had bought these great hiking boots last year that we really hadn't used yet and we were dying to use it. So we got up early, I went for a small run (can't start the day without it...) and laced up our boots, made a couple sandwiches, packed our back packs with water, insect repellent and a few other essential items and we were ready for our much waited hiking day. 

We stopped at the visitor center where someone there showed us the map and the hiking trails. The trails were marked on the map as easy, moderate or hard hiking. So, we decided to start easy and hiking "Bubble Mountain,". Then, we felt so confident that we wanted to continue to do other hikes. We chose another trail.  However, this time we chose a very difficult trail that it was much more that we had set out to do. It was much more like rock climbing than hiking to us. We thought it was strange that we didn't see anyone hiking on this trail as you normally see on such a beautiful day. Come to find out, we had chosen one of the most difficult trails in that area. It was an amazing accomplishment and we were so exhausted, that by the end of the day even though we were hungry, we hardly had any energy to eat. We slept like babies that evening. 

We loved being at the coast of Maine. It is hard to explain the rugged beauty of this land. The only thing you can do is go there and visit yourself. If you go, taking the less travel path and without hurrying as we found route one (1) to be very scenic. It may be slow, however, you'll be amazed of its beauty. Join us for our next adventure in the south of the country.