What to do? I just had learned that there was “another Acadia; a secret Acadia” known as the Schoodic Peninsula. It was off the island and attached to the mainland making up the east side of Frenchman Bay. Its main port was Winter Haven Harbor. I spent the whole day over on the peninsula driving, photographing seascapes and lobster boats and talking with a Washington couple from Whidbey Island, which is the island just south of my island in Puget Sound. (They knew my good friends, Phil and Cindy in Langley!!) I also spent time talking with three park staff members about the first major threat to the park in years. An Italian developer has purchased a huge chunk of land on Schoodic Peninsula that borders the park. He wants to put in an “eco-friendly” destination resort. What to do? The peninsula is mostly rural with tiny towns and has no accommodations other than small family run establishments. The economy is from harvesting lobsters. Having a large resort on the peninsula would alter the character of this finger into the Atlantic Ocean forever.
I found the coastline more subdued than those found on Mount Desert however they provided more accessibility and participation for the visitor to go check things out. It was will worth the journey inland across the head of Frenchman Bay and then the drive down onto the peninsula. Or I could have taken the power launch from Bar Harbor to Winter Haven Harbor for the fee of $29 RT.
The price of gas during the week that I’ve been staying in the park has DROPPED from $4.09 to $3.85!!! I’m keeping my fingers crossed that the trend will hold.
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