Vacation in Maine, Day 1

Friday morning we took off for a long weekend in Bar Harbor, Maine. We made a day of the trip and found some fun things along the way.

First, in Springfield, MA we stopped at the Dr. Seuss National Memorial Sculpture Garden (link).

The girls with Yertle the Turtle

The Lorax

Thing 1 and Thing 2

Horton

The Grinch and Max

The Cat in the Hat and Dr. Seuss

Then, In Portsmouth, NH we visited the USS Albacore. The Albacore (link) was built in the Portsmouth Navel Shipyards in the 1950's. The Albacore was primarily a test vessel, used to test control and propulsion systems, sonar equipment, and other systems before being incorporated into the rest of the fleet.

In the bunks

The Office

The steering room

One of the two Diesel Engines

Then in Yarmouth, ME, we visited the Delorme Map Store (link), where they have the largest globe in the world. It's 129 feet, 2 1/2 inches around and weighs 5600 lbs.