july 18 - Seawall to Eastport

After three nights at Acadia National Park, we hitch up the Scamp and head farther east.



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We made it as far as Eastport, Maine.

Photos from this day's travels are here.

Cutler, Maine

Along the way, we crested a hill to find a quiet cove dotted with lobster boats and sailing craft, a small town tucked into the side of the cove, and an island at the mouth of this tranquil piece of water. Unable to help ourselves, we had to stop and take a bunch of pictures. The town is Cutler, Maine.It is quite picturesque. The photos we took do not do the place justice. You should go see it for yourself. Really.

A little farther along, we stopped at the eastern-most lighthouse in the country - West Quoddy Head Lighthouse. The first lighthouse here was built in 1808. The one standing there now was built in 1858. With bold read and white stripes on the lighthouse tower and the red-roofed white keepers cottage, it is easy to understand why this lighthouse shows up in so many pictures of the Maine coast.

Lubec, Maine

Just down the road from the lighthouse is Lubec, Maine. We stopped for a bit to explore the waterfront and the shops. We seem to be seeing more lobster boats the further east we go.

We stopped for the night at Seaview Campgrounds just outside of Eastport, Maine. Once we got registered and set up (more on this in a moment)  we took advantage of the availability of showers and laundry. That was a very good thing!

Getting registered was a tougher process than we had anticipated. It all started when I plunked down my credit card. The gal swiped the card and got the message "Contact Central" instead of the authorization confirmation. Contact central? Central what? Central who? She didn't know. I didn't know. Maybe my card was damaged, so we tried Nancy's. Same thing.

Not knowing what else to do, we thought we should call the credit care customer support line. Guess what? We're so far east that cell phone calls are handled by Canadian cell towers. Our TracFones only work with U.S. towers (and, even then, sometimes not). Our "Where's the nearest landline phone?" query resulted in "Well, there's one pay phone down by the dock in town..." Luckily, we had enough cash to pay for the campsite.

At that pay phone down by the dock, we called the credit card support number. The machine that answered the phone told us that our card was held pending resolution of a large charge made recently. We were asked to verify that the recent charge was legitimate. What recent large charge?...Our laptop purchase the day before. We verified the charge and our credit card was once again un-held. Whew!

For dinner at the cafe at the campground Nancy had the turkey dinner and Fred had the ...wait for it...Lobster Streudel!

On the morrow we head for New Brunswick!!