Our campground tonight is just 50 miles down the coast from Bar Harbor and is right on the water. When we arrived at noon the ocean was just a few yards out from the bottom of the cliff on which we are camped. Tonight I walked down to the beach and found that we have a football field of wet rocks and seaweed before I get to the water. I watched gulls hunting for food in the flats. They picked up a clam, flew straight up and then dropped it on the rocks to open it. They seemed to be finding plenty to eat. I enjoyed sitting on a log and listening to the waves and the clanging of the channel signal.
We drove this short jaunt so that we could tour the Penobscot Narrows Bridge Observatory and Ft. Knox. The bridge was opened in 2006. It is a suspension bridge with two tall towers designed to look like the Washington monument and built from the same Maine granite. One of the towers has an elevator which goes up to and observation area with windows 400’ above the water. It was a clear day and we could see Cadillac Mountain in Acadia.
Ft. Knox State park sits on the banks of the Penobscot River just below the bridge. It was built in 1844 as part of the defense of the East coast from the British who wanted some of the Maine territory back. The fort was built of granite blocks and is very well preserved. It was a fun history lesson on this area.
Ft. Knox State park sits on the banks of the Penobscot River just below the bridge. It was built in 1844 as part of the defense of the East coast from the British who wanted some of the Maine territory back. The fort was built of granite blocks and is very well preserved. It was a fun history lesson on this area. We leave the coast to take the Interstate around Boston tomorrow. We’ll be in a State Park without WIFI for a couple days.
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