Its the 4th of July and this means parties and parades. Bar Harbor put on a great show.
 

Make the choice to run the storm and go to Acadia. The National park is a loop road following the coast line. Quite a wild place can see why people come to watch the storms here. Cannot hang around as the first Atlantic Hurricane of the season is on its way.

Day of crossing states first Maine then into New Hampshire the weather caught up with us we got a soaking particularly a problem for me as I did not have the gortex liner in my jacket. Finally we gave in a found a hotel Town & Country Inn on the edge of the White Mountains first day I had really had enough I was freezing.