June 17, 2010 Thursday

Driving into Bar Harbor, Maine today.
The traffic is light, but the roads are still awful.
Crossed over the USA border about 10 AM.
Just a side note for Annette - when we got the the USA border the officer asked us to pull forward, shut off the engine and allow him access inside.
Yes Dorothy started to panic, not that we had anything to hide, but what an awful feeling that we did something wrong and didn't even know it.
He opened our freezers and refrigerator and asked many many questions.
He took our beautiful red ripe tomatoes and 1 left over apple.
He did not take the 10 lobsters we had frozen right off the wharf.
Guess he needed a slice of tomato for his sandwich and a piece of fruit for dessert.
He didn't find the 7 pound wheel of Gouda cheese that we brought back. The "cheese lady" said it was ok to bring it back it is not considered to a contaminant.
After that experience we think we will stick to the USA.
It started to rain and continued until late in the day around dinner time. Stayed in most of the day and did laundry. When it stopped raining took a short drive around. Then chose a great log cabin for dinner. So far we have had wonderful luck with restaurants.
Tomorrow we head into Acadia National Park.
National parks are one of our favorite things to tour.
Have been there before, but are still looking forward to it.