Maine and sunny

Islands, islands and more islands









more interesting rocks, people here sit out on chairs to admire the view











I call this 'American Excess', most pancakes are served with bacon and sausage dripping with maple syrup, I ordered blueberries with my pancakes and decided some cream would be nice, the fake cream was at least 10cm at the top








The Boothbay botanical gardens where lovely even though its the end of season,








A holiday home, lucky I was able to walk along the white rocks with silica, as in many places the coast is private property with a private road and dire signs of what will happen to trespassers

Maine again

It had rained all night but the day was clearing, still fog to cloud the scenes at Arcadia National Park, Mt Desert Island,







Not a blow hole but a long narrow gap which has eroded under the rock to make a thunder sound as the water runs in, the best water rush while I was there








More rocky shores of pink granite.











This is the top of Mount Cadillac, should have been able to see for miles but the fog didn't stop the tourists coming, there were two cruise ships in at Bar Harbour and they had to go somewhere






Lower down the mountain the fog had cleared and the view was good, so many islands and small inlets

in Maine before the rain

I went Greyhound from New York to Portland Maine via Boston, nearly booked my car for Portland Oregon, that would have been a turn up. Picked up my car, a red ford focus and the Tom Tom wouldn't work, the lighter fuse was blown, so had to change to a Cruiser (looks funky but!!!!). This is Portland at sunset, my first view of the Maine coast.



Travelled inland to Bangor, quicker to go one way on the toll way. I stayed the night at a vegetrian B&B, next morning I left for Calais, they say it Callus, on the border with Canada, If you are ever driving in Maine, forget the speed signs and just follow the car in front, if you can keep up.




I travelled down to the coast passing the 45Latitude, and St Croix island which had the first French settlement, they made a bad mistake settling on the island because when winter came the water froze and half of them died from disease and starvation.



I spent the night in Lubec and visited the Quoddy lighthouse, the most easterly point in the USA and then found the reverse falls near Pembroke, the water coming in from the ocean creates this wave over rocks under the waater and is very noisy as well, when the tide if fully in (or out) and the water level is even, the noise stops and the water is still, its quite a sight and then the water starts to flow in the reverse and the noise starts again,


If you look at a map of the Maine coast it is all inlets and islands, This is the Schoodic peninsular which has an amazing scenic drive, The fog was just starting to come in as I started the drive, a precursor to Hanna, more about that next blog,


the rocks at the end point are pink granite with black strips from lava, there are dozens of seagulls (as evidence the white spots on the rocks) the fog meant the view of the Atlantic ocean was limited but I did get a few shots.

New York still

The view from the garden area at MOMA as the sun in setting, while waiting for a ooncert to start






When you visit NYC, this toilet at Bryant Park, with classical music is a must visit, always thought it was a male only no go there.










Coffee shops are sprouting like mushrooms downtown, this beautiful cup from La Colomba at Liskenard street near Canal









Read about the Macaron shop at 37th and Broadway in Time Out, the violet flavour was to die for, but all the flavours are great, can't wait for my next visit to the city










Is this the smallest apartment house in NYC?

Enjoy the sights below as tomorrow I'm off to Maine

More New York & Philly

growing in Laurices garden








Making a handbag collection











This wall, at 42nd street, is to encourage people to eat these colours in fruit and vegetables every day, there is a list of fruits and vegetables in each coloour. After walking around the city on saturday it hasn't made a great change to many of the people I was walking behind. I think they only eat black (Coca Cola), white (bread and sugar) and yellow (chips)









Had a day in Philadelphia to get a marriage record from 1861 and had time to walk around the city, it was hot and the fountains were a drawcard





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decided against sitting on his knee, as I had no one to take my photo