Monday, July 17, 2023
It rained very hard overnight and this morning continued to drizzle off and on but with less fog than the past few days.
For us today was a laundry, cleaning, and maintenance day. It was time. The campground has nice laundry facilities so wanted to get all the laundry done before we leave tomorrow. Cost $4.00 for washer and $1.50 for dryer. Don’t really know if that is good or bad – seemed a little high to us but we are spoiled to have our own machines in Fred. Anyway – it’s done. We also did some cleaning in BB, some meal prep, and grocery shopping.
This afternoon we decided it was time to have a little more fun and we drove back to the Penobscot Narrows Bridge and Observatory and Fort Knox. We included a picture of this bridge when we drove to Bar Harbor a few days ago. What we didn’t know then is that there is an observatory in the top of the bridge. We love bridges and this one is very special. The Penobscot Narrows Bridge is taller than the Statue of Liberty. It is the tallest public bridge observatory in the world! It’s the tallest public occupied structure in Maine (42 stories). The observatory is at the top of the western pylon and is 420 feet in the air. The Penobscot Narrows bridge is one of only four bridge observatories in the world and the other 3 are in China, Thailand and Slovakia. It spans 2120 feet from the eastern shore to the western shore and it is just a beautiful bridge. It cost us $5.50 each to ride to the top of the observatory in the bridge, stay as long as we wanted, and then tour Fort Knox.
Of course, being from the south we thought we knew all about Fort Knox. Max was stationed there at one time. Little did we know, there is another Fort Knox in Maine, named after the same Major General Henry Knox, America’s first Secretary of War and Commander of Artillery during the American Revolution. We learned a lot walking over the fort grounds, which reminded us a lot of Fort Morgan, Alabama. You can find the whole story of the fort, which was never finished or occupied, on line so we won’t bore those of you who have no interest. It is a good story though. It was another good day even if it was a laundry day.
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