good morning guys we're on the road heading due south we're gonna get into
Acadia National Park today you can see the over test this doesn't get me down
at all as a matter of fact it's supposed to be like this all week in Maine
overcast foggy cloudy 70 degrees actually my ideal preferred climate
year-round I would be the happiest camper in the world if every day was
overcast and 70 degrees that's my thing I know it doesn't make for great video
because there's no colors it's just gray but this is what I grew up on it gives
you sound back home and this is where I thrive so we'll get into the park and I
have reservations for camping as well let you know what we find the smells of
Maine here's one of those pine trees Maine pine tree maybe but yeah I got a
barbecue over here and getting the barbecue going the firewood there
man Smokies barbecue lobster and more
little foot walking bridge cool but I got a stopover here too Smokies
residential neighbors cuz they've got some weird art going on baby dinosaurs
made out of propane tanks and the entire body is made out of propane tanks and
the purple one as a matter of fact I think they shoot fire I see a propane
torch sticking out of his mouth I don't know when they shoot fire oh cool this
isn't somebody's house this is a business this is called tired iron art
so they make it and actually sell the art pretty cool three little pigs made
out of propane like even the green canisters four little pig hands I love
it and the caterpillar I mean you got to think it's pretty easy
to find propane tanks that are outdated and just thrown away so at least their
costs are down that's too funny I actually really like the work guys I
don't know who they cater to necessarily like people just looking for yard art I
need something rusty for my lawn cool train another pig and I can't find any
information of it they're open or what their hours are I love the frogs on the
bike that's great yep but there's some local main art for
you fun all right let's keep going south actually we are gonna get some clearing
skies beautiful Bar Harbor Maine man it is such a beautiful coastline out here
look at the sky look at the fog it's like a big volcano out there a fog yep
this is a really pretty campground actually when it comes to national parks
I still have my Park Pass which actually expires the end of the month I think but
but you know camping in national parks almost always is just dry camping so and
the standard rate is going to be about thirty dollars a night for no hookups
but you can get water and dump your tanks on the way out but you get the
convenience of camping in the park I got the map to explore but they have buses
and shuttles that'll pick us up here at the actual campground and take us into
the park so I'm going to unfold the bike so that I can take it around there's
also a little store about maybe two and a half miles away a little convenience
store in case but you know the bike the bicycle I mean will be great for going
on the campground dump in my trash and stuff like that but I am going to look
into the shuttle service because it's included with your stay here so it's a
pretty park already just the camp hunt self is pretty we're going well you
don't know sniffing some rocks well that's that's
not our campsite Jax that's not ours check someone take the bus so you enjoy
your outside time here because you can't go on the bus okay okay I am all set up
and comfortable got my tiki torches uh loaded and ready for later tonight other
one right there I had to upgrade and get some metal
stakes so that you stake the holder into the ground and now it keeps the whole
thing a lot more firmer in there the bamboo just did not want to stick into
the ground and stay so those are ready to go tonight lots and lots of fluid and
bug spray my campsites about a quarter mile walk to the bus station it's kind
of centrally located there of the woods
I gotta keep my eyes straight ahead I do get carsick sometimes so you should
driving the RV let you know when we get stopped so this is the bus depot with a
fountain there and we're waiting for bus five just arrived and then we'll go
explore a little more let's see if we can find the bus rides themselves are
the only Park that our little yeah it took an hour and 18 minutes of bus
riding to get to my first stop but it might be worth it it is so pretty out
here cedar trees and old bridges Wow what I'm
in no hurry guys and I hate to brag but I feel like I have found my paradise my
cooling little summer getaway paradise here in Maine this is great you see it
bubble pond out there mm-hmm-hmm this is pretty nice it's pretty peaceful out
here
and thank you son for coming out and now here is Jordan ponds and this reservoir
is also for drinking water so this is a drinking protected area here but pretty
with the fog
yeah
lots and lots of beauty here at the park I will just say they need some attention
to the bus system I know this park really only runs for two months out of
the year but they are under bust they're all too full they don't have enough of
them starving I'm gonna go see if I can get some food this is the observation
deck here at the Jordan pond area they serve some food I think I'm gonna go see
what's on the menu I did get a really cool 3d magnet says Acadia National Park
I'm not a great one for my collection I like it how different I don't have
anything like that in the nicest less critical way possible there's no food
upstairs just snacks just frozen stuff and the restaurant has a
two-and-a-half-hour wait yeah to eat food I should have brought like
some peanut butter and jelly sandwiches or something definitely some weird sea
life that I have do not recognize although it smells like back home Puget
Sound it's different this smells like seaweed and seagull poop yeah what's not
bad it's not bad at all it's peaceful
from the parks perspective you can't miss Acadia National Park can't it's
still worth it it has that feel of a Stephen King novel almost with the fog
over the boats but they're peaceful out there living in those boats though
and now we wait it's only 20 minutes past when the bus was supposed to be
here this is the bus stop I like their sign no all-night parking
okay well I wasn't gonna park all night I was gonna leave it like 7:00 a.m. you
know or something if I say anything they'll come right back out and change
it
that was faster than I expected well not quite done with buses but I am back to
village green and I'm going to look for some good grub that's right we're going
to follow the footsteps
got a seat trying some new berry local Maine Ale beer not bad and I ordered a
bison burger for dinner
scram chess I thought it was just like a casual cafe no they brought me a cloth
napkin a glass cup for my beer know that bison burger was fantastic actually
overall I really liked a Katy National Park who they got a nice fire going over
there I don't have any firewood but I am gonna get back to my campsite fire up
all of my citronella candles start making sure those mosquitoes don't bug
me tonight because I want to be outside with Jax
I think we're covered now right last step crack open a cold one get Jax out
here and I'll wait for it to get dark
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