This past weekend, we journeyed to the east. Way east. Downeast, as they say. The easternmost town in the continental US is Lubec, Maine. On a medium promontory overlooking the Bay of Fundy called West Quoddy Head is this lighthouse.

It is said that this is where the sun first shines on the United States every day. Of course, on the morning when it is thick of fog every where one looks, this becomes an alternate fact. (Actually, I think the sun first lights up the peak on Cadillac Mountain near Bar Harbor first.)

Beyond the lighthouse is Grand Manan Island (Canada) with the Bay Of Fundy to the left.

We took the scenic route, US Rt. 1, with a couple excursions on US Rt. 1A, and visited friends in Jonesboro, about thirty miles west of Lubec. This was my first time going east beyond Bar Harbor and Ellsworth. Sherry has been here before since she sold our friends the house they have in Jonesboro.

One of the highlights on the downeast tour is the new Penobscot Narrows bridge. Opened for service in 2004, it replaced an earlier engineering marvel called the Waldo-Hancock Bridge built in 1931. This photo shows Verona Island on the far side and the opening to Penobscot Bay to the right.