Following a successful day on the ocean, many of us were opted to fish on a boat again. Fishing on the oceanfront wasn’t much fun anymore, as we can catch bigger fish on the ocean. Everyone agreed. I’ve attempted to arrange a boat at around 11:00AM, but a lady at the rental place couldn’t make a boat available for us. I’ve asked a lady to call us if she can arrange one at a later time. At 1PM, the lady called and we were once again on the ocean. This time, there were three additional guests on the boat beside us. Mr. Tate’s son, who is 8 years old, was also on board helping his dad.
The first stop was a deep ocean. The captain brought us to a deeper ocean to continue our excitement following the day before, but the boat was shaking too much left and right that none of us could concentrate on fishing. The captain soon took us to shallow water again, where there are many mackerels. Following the second stop, the captain took us to deeper and deeper ocean. We didn’t catch any shark or codfish, but saw a whale jumping over the ocean. It was beautiful.
We took remaining day and the next day easy, so that we can prepare for our long trip back to Chicago. On Friday morning at 6AM, we wrapped up our stay at Eastport and headed to Bar Harbor, one of the renowned recreational places in Maine. It took us nearly 2 hours from Eastport, and Brian got us worried by stopping at a coffee shop without telling us and without turning on the walkie talkie.
When we arrived in Bar Harbor, it was already 10AM. The entrance ticket to Acadia National Park was $20 per car. We had to buy a weekly pass although we’re only sightseeing for a day. A weekly pass was the shortest duration any visitor can purchase. We started out by driving up to the Cadillac Mountain. We wanted to hike, but happened to drove up as none of us knew the way around. Driving bought us a couple of hours on the busy day. Ladies wanted to stay in Bar Harbor for a day, although we haven’t planned for that. We were flexible, so none of us objected. Our next stop was Sand Beach. The water was a bit cold for swimming, but the day was great for suntan. Kids climbed up the rocky hill on bear feet, while we were having lunch.
Our next stop was bottom of the Island (Seawall), where we found craps, shells and star fish. We had cup noodles for appetizer, and stopped at a lighthouse built in 18xx. We then returned north to find a place to eat more lobsters, shells and crab legs. We found a place near Bar Harbor, and have had our last sea food in Maine. Ladies changed their mind, and decided to head south toward Boston as we have originally planned. We spent a night at Super8 near Portland, the city located near bottom of Maine. It was past 10pm when we checked in.
We left Super8 at around 9am, and headed to Cambridge. On our way to Cambridge, I missed the Tourist Visitor’s Center and ended up wasting an extra hour on the road (more gripes from Brian). Along the way, we found a small park where we can have lunch. Brian and Young found a few SangHan mushroom, and Brian was very please to bring them home. Those mushrooms are good at helping elderly and persons with illness recovering from ailment. After lunch, we went to Harvard University. We tried to intrigue kids by showing Harvard University, but none seemed to be impressed by just looking at the buildings. I guess they weren’t quiet ready for the University yet, but they get the points. We also wanted to stop at MIT, but majority decided to skip seeing it as we have long journey back to Chicago.
We spent another night at near Syracuse, NY. This time we found a coupon in a rest area, and only spent $80 for staying in Ramada Limited. Paying $135 a night at Super8 was a little more than what we wanted, but we didn’t have much choice. On the next morning, we depart Ramada at 8:30am and we had to drive remaining 700 miles. We drove, and drove and finally arrived in Indiana at around 8:30am. Something unexpected happened on I-90. The lanes weren’t moving, so we ended up wasting nearly 1.5 hour detouring and getting back to I-90. When we arrived at Young’s house, it was 10:30 pm. We were glad we came back home in one piece. Although driving was pretty rough, we had great time in Maine.
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