First day of Fall, we went whale watching off the coast of Bar Harbor it was the most fantastic thing I have ever gotten to do! It was a beautiful sunny day, blue skies with a few white clouds. We were so lucky to see, and the list is long; fin whales, harbor seals, gray seals, atlantic white sided dolphins, a blue shark, a mola mola, and a puffin. The trip began by taking the “free Acadia shuttle” which stopped at our campground, Hadley Point Campground, in Bar Harbor, and shuttled us to the Village Green in downtown Bar Harbor. We then walked about 4 blocks past all these cute shops, to the “Bar Harbor Whale Watching  Co.”  It was just the beginning of a unforgettable day, the first sighting was 45 minutes off the coast, of a fin whale.

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On our trip through the Catskills our destination was the town of Sharon Springs. It is where the “The Fabulous Beekman Boys” live and own a shop called Beekman 1802. Brent Ridge and Josh Kilmer-Purcell are the Fabulous Beekman Boys from the reality show of the same name and winners of the Amazing Race. Watching on TV and YouTube they are very welcoming people and call everyone who meets them or watches them, their neighbor. So I felt like it would be great to go visit them in Sharon Springs at their store. George and I went to Beekman 1802 and I walked in to be welcomed by Under, Brent and Josh’s dog, so cute. I started to tell the young woman who greeted me, Jessica, about how much I enjoyed the tv show and I suddenly see Brent Ridge walking over to me with a warm smile on his face. Of course, I had to hug him and he hugged me right back, he spent time talking to us.

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