We left Acadia National Park this morning heading north on highway 1 for FDR's summer home Campobello. For two hours we went through rural Maine. The towns are small and pretty desolate with very few cars on the road. All along the route you will see little signs saying cookies, pies and such. We stopped at one little building that was selling cookies and pies on the honor system and purchased cookies. Yummy!
Tonight we are staying in Lubec, Maine just outside the park. Cute little town, population 500, with two types of people living here (PFA) people from away and (PFH) people from here according to the locals. Very friendly little town.
Campobello Island is in New Brunswick but FDR's house and grounds are an international park where half the workers are american and the other half are Canadian. We toured FDR's home and grounds. The house has 18 bedrooms for family, servants and guests. The views are incredible. We were fortunate enough to get tickets to Tea with Eleanor. Two ladies, Darlene and Carolyn, served us tea and cookies and gave a lecture about Eleanor Roosevelt. Fascinating, if you ever visit Campobello it is a must see. We ventured onto the lighthouse and saw the low tide. The tides are 22 feet and move very quickly.
I highly recommend Campobello and tea with Eleanor.
Happy Travels! Joni :)
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