Author Archives: Trail Rocker

Today Barbara and I once again visited Acadia NP. We drove to the top of Cadillac Mountain, at an elevation of 1,530 feet mean sea level (msl), for a birds eye view of the park. Cadillac Mountain is the first place in the United States that receives direct sunlight each morning, on a clear day.Continue reading “Acadia National Park Day Three”

Today Barbara and I travelled to Northeast Harbor, Maine to take a boat ride on the Atlantic ocean just east of Acadia National Park (NP). The boat ride, on the Sea Princess, took us around what they call the Eastern and Western Ways, to Little Cranberry Island and up into Somes Sound. According to ourContinue reading “Acadia National Park Day Two”

This morning Barbara and I got up early and headed to Acadia National Park. California has a beautiful coastline, but based on what we saw today, Maine’s coastline is every bit as impressive. That could be why Acadia National Park is known as the Crown Jewel of the North Atlantic Coast. Due to all ofContinue reading “Acadia National Park Day One”

Yesterday Barbara and I landed in Maine. For the next week we are going to spend most of our time, weather permitting, exploring Acadia National Park. In addition, I want some Maine Lobster. I told Barbara I don’t care what it costs we’re going to have a lobster dinner at least one night while we’reContinue reading “Maine”

Yesterday Barbara and I battled the traffic and later the elements and travelled over the Delaware River to, you guessed it, Delaware to take a ride on the Wilmington & Western Railroad. Our train was pulled by ole #58 a 0-6-0 steam locomotive built in Philadelphia in October 1907. This locomotive has changed its numberContinue reading “Wilmington & Western Railroad”

Last Saturday Barbara and I visited the nearby Cape May Zoo. This is quite the zoo considering everything is paid for by donations and the proceeds from the food and gifts they sell. There is no fee to visit but a bottled water costs $3.25. I don’t mind because the money goes for the animals.Continue reading “Cape May Zoo”

Last evening Barbara and I drove down to the beach in hopes of seeing the full moon rising over the ocean. Unfortunately, there were too many clouds to see the moon reflecting off the water. So while we were waiting, I took some photos of the birds, the pier, the sunset and eventually the moonContinue reading “Full Moon”

This past Monday we landed in New Jersey. Today, Barbara and I walked the boardwalk along the Jersey Shore in the town of Avalon. This is a nice, small town with a very nice, clean beach. We also stumbled upon a bird sanctuary, but unfortunately there weren’t a lot of birds present for viewing orContinue reading “Jersey Shore”

On Friday, Barbara and I took a drive to visit Connecticut, Rhode Island and Massachusetts.  Everywhere we went we encountered road construction and toll roads.  Needless to say we didn’t go very fast during our travels.  Which made me think back to 500 years ago when the first settlers, on the Mayflower, arrived in Massachusetts. Continue reading “Slow Going”

On Monday, after 33 days in Pennsylvania, Barbara and I headed north to upstate New York. The town of Accord is one of those places where if you are travelling at 55 mph on the highway and blink, you’ll miss the whole damn town. There are a few houses and a post office and that’sContinue reading “Accord, New York”