Meanwhile we started working at the Camp and that’s been interesting to say the least. I won’t call it hard work… just a wee bit chaotic getting it opened for the season. Ironically there are at least 3 other couples from the sunshine state. It seems the Maine is a hotspot for Floridians… who’da thuck it?
We are the only gyrlie-gyrls working here at the KOA… well if you don’t count our manager. The team is a fairly good cross section of America… I suppose if the 10% rule is accurate; then we are the gay quota at the KOA. As for the hetros, we are still feeling our way through. Most are very nice and relatively open minded… at least one of the couples is “a wee bit” homophobic but tolerable… so far... as long as they don’t demand equal rights or anything. It’s not very often we get a boss that bats for our team. For me, that means we get the best shifts… comp tour tickets, and of course the laughter that comes with the witty inside jokes that only “we” and an avid Will and Grace watchers could hope to understand. The rest of the team is great and I think we are gonna like it here.
OK so much for work, you don’t really want to hear about that anyway. You want to hear about the fun stuff… like golf, the spectacular places to see, the fascinating history, and all the little gems of local lore that I’m guessing are more amusing than fact... more CZ (cubic zirconium) than diamond. But hey, CZ is very hip in “green” circles… I’m just saying.
- Jordan’s Pond House Restaurant that is famous for Popovers and Tea, very yummy! On a nice day you can sit on the granite paved patio or out in the lawn sip tea and marvel at the view of Bubble Rock.
- The Wild Gardens of Acadia, its nature trail, and the Sieur de Mont Springs. The mission of the gardeners is to save the endangered indigenous species of mount Desert Isle. (see obligatory flower pictures) a must for plants and nature lovers.
- The Sandy Beach : The spot is quite nice and has a moderately difficult hike but well worth the effort that skirts the inlet along the rocky cliffs give you a unique vantage point of the inlet/beach. It is also the beach depicted in the movie “Cider House Rules”.
CZ tidbit: A group of "Ruskin’s"(as the early settlers are called) were drawn to the island after seeing a painting by an artist painted depicting its blue-green waters. (Not quite the Caribbean but blue green none the less).
For those of you that are fans of the Oregon coast, Maine is for you. It is rocky, not crowded, and the water temperature is… well let say… for the really hearty folk.
I feel like we have barely seen the tip of the iceberg on what is here but so far I think it’s GORGEOUS!
- The carriage roads built by Rockefeller when he owned the land. Some of the carriages are still driven by gentleman and/or their sons that worked for John D Rock Jr. and is a nice way to tour the interior of the Island. (So we are told, we haven’t had the time yet. :)
CZ tidbit: Rockefeller Jr. also offered to build a high school on the island and fund it in perpetuity as long as they put his name on it. The locals voted it down. Mainers don’t like uppity folk that tell them what to do or how to do it.
Thunder Hole is a naturally formed crevice that when the tide comes in creates a thunderous noise and shoots water on unsuspecting tourists similar to Splash Mountain at Disney World. Of course, the tide was out when we stopped by… bummer. But I did get some great pictures… my favorite was the green mossy growth that splits its’ habitat between salt water and salt air based on the tide. It looks like it could have been the inspiration for creation shag carpeting.
Well that's all for now... I hope you’ve enjoyed our time together… and I hope you came back real soon, ya here?
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