Only 39 miles

To where we are now from where we were yesterday but we drove over a hundred miles getting here. We set up the GPS for our destination and took some scenic highways which really must have pissed off the lady cause she yelled at us the whole time until we got back on US 1. We toured the Schoodic Peninsula which is just beautiful  and contains a small portion of Acadia NP.

We passed the historic towns of Gouldsboro, Prospect Harbor, Winter Harbor and then took this picture of Birch Harbor which really turned us on. In retrospect it seems like all the towns are historic because so much of history happened in the Maine area back back in the 16 and 1700 hundreds.

As we passed the village we spotted a lighthouse that wasn't on our map. After a couple of wrong turns and U turns we finally found some one to ask directions. This is the Prospect Point light and its located on some Navy installation so we couldn't get too close. The sign says that it was built out of wood in 1891 and the other buildings standing are the 1891 keeper's house, 1905 oil house and a boat house. The height of the tower is only 38 feet and before becoming automated it had a fourth order Fresnel lens.

In these areas of small villages I get a little nervous when the fuel gauge gets down to half tank so in Milbridge we stopped for diesel. It was about lunch time and eagle eye Susan had spotted a take out Mexican restaurant just before the gas station. So she walked back to order lunch and when I was finished fueling I drove back and parked across the street in a grocery store's parking lot. I'm not sure what we had for lunch but it was very good. Maybe she'll tell you what it was when she edits this page.
(soft tacos - chicken and chorizo. tamale, and a guaracha.  I had never heard of that but it was yummy = pork, cheese,lettuce on a tortilla like thing and green sauce).


I'm waiting for high tide take a picture of our parking spot. We'll be here for two nights, tomorrow will probably be a laundry day before we continue down east. Forgot to say - we're a few miles south of Harrington.