1221. Put a Cork in It: Set #2
Bar Harbor, Maine

As we mentioned in the intro to set #1 of this series, we were delighted when knits gave us a bunch of tiny faces she had carved and stuck onto the backs of wine corks to plant wherever we wanted to on our future travels! They reminded me of the little sun stamps I had once carved and stuck onto the ends of corks that went into a couple of our "Message in a Bottle" letterboxes that we had bought in Florida and mailed as surprises to a few of our earliest letterboxing friends way back then well over twenty years ago now, making them possibly the first "postal letterboxes", a picture of which can be seen on page 86 of mapsurfer's book "The Letterboxer's Companion"!

Anyway, knits stressed the fact that there now seem to be quite a few folks out there who just can't do hikes or walks or even strolls, but love collecting stamps and just want to claim at least something of a letterboxing experience by doing drive-bys as they are able. So, these little corks can serve as a sort of compromise situation for those who may have difficulty getting out of their cars, or just a little something extra for those on their way to bigger letterboxing adventures!

Anyway, we had brought a couple of these little cork stamps along with us on a fall cruise up the northern New England and Canadian coastline. There were hardly any other letterboxes that we knew of left for us to find anywhere along our entire trip route, so we decided that dropping off these two at our first port of call for this particular cruise would at least give us something to do.

So, heading west from where the tender had dropped us off from the cruise ship left out in Bar Harbor bay (after the obligatory stroll northeast to watch the tides recede just enough to walk over to Bar Island itself, of course;-), we made our way a half mile or so past the main tourist section of town and turned onto Cromwell Harbor Road. There we found a bridge crossing a stream which had guardrail curls at either end just the right size to tuck in these two faced corks. We left the yellow faced one in the second hole from the northern end of the guardrail nearest the private road sign, and the purple faced one in the second hole from the southern end nearest the tall wooden fence.

We then continued our leisurely walking loop through the Bar Harbor area and eventually back to the cruise port, but folks with wheels who are in a hurry or not able to walk far can easily access and add these to their list of Maine drive-by stamps as well. So, whatever our particular disabilities or personal preferences for letterboxing might be, we too are happy to "put a cork in it" to show our appreciation for all who, to whatever extent they are able, kindly plant letterboxes of any types in locations that are publicly available to everyone! Cheers!

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