While most of us associate the name, “Cadillac”, with the automobile, the mountain is not named for the vehicle. It’s named for Antoine Laumet, aka Antoine de la Mothe, aka Antoine la Mothe de Sieur de Cadillac, aka Cadillac, who lived from 1658 to 1730. He was an early French explorer who barely had a role in the settlement of Mount Desert Island, where Cadillac Mountain and most of Acadia National Park is located, in Maine.

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I have officially been layed off from Walt Disney World, so we don’t have the urgency to return to Florida this year like we have in the past. It’s still important for us to stay out of the winter weather, so we’re heading west for an opportunity in the high-desert region of Southern California, after a visit with family in Arkansas and Texas.

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We had committed to be in Maine by May 1, 2020. I was going to be giving bus tours of Acadia National Park and Tracy was going to work Customer Service at the Bike/Kayak shop in Bar Harbor. All those plans changed in March, so we ended up leaving Florida at the end of May, spent time with family in Texas and Arkansas, then made it to Maine on June 15.

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When everything shutdown, we stayed home as much as possible. Tracy didn’t leave the coach, except for an occasional drive, for about 1 1/2 months. I did all the shopping and suited up with mask and gloves for the grocery store. We took a drive through Walt Disney World and it was apocalyptic. It felt like Jesus had come back and we got left.

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I’ve been able to keep two major hobbies while we enjoy the fulltime lifestyle - my 1924 Model T Ford, and our 1958 Rainbow vintage canned ham travel trailer. Both are stored in Florida so we can enjoy them during our winters there. I’ve chronicled the history of the Rainbow trailer in a separate blog, 1958Rainbow.blogspot.com.

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