WEBVTT ANNOUNCER: THIS IS CHRONICLE ON WCVB CHANNEL 5. >> SCENIC BEAUTY? YOU BET. UNFORGETTABLE ACCENT, CHECK. >> ONCE YOU HAVE IT, YOU CANNOT GET RID OF IT. . ANTHONY: DOWN EAST DELICACIES? YES. THIS CRITIC PENINSULA BOASTS THE BEST OF MAINE. THE ONLY THING MISSING, YOU. GO FOR THE PICKLED WRINKLES. ENJOY THE LOCAL WILDLIFE. >> WE WANT PEOPLE TO GET UP AND DANCE AND HAVE FUN. >> BOND WITH THE LOCAL BUSINESS PEOPLE. >> THIS YEAR WE WILL GROW MORE THAN OUR TEACHERS WILL. ANTHONY: OR JUST CHILL. >> NO TRAFFIC TO BOTHER WITH. ANTHONY: THE MAIN STREETS AND BACK ROADS OF THE SCHOODIC PENINSULA CHRONICLE. -- NEXT ON CHRONICLE. IMAGINE THE PERFECT COASTAL MAINE DRIVE, MILE AFTER MILE OF UNDEVELOPED OCEAN VISTAS AND AS OFTEN AS NOT, ALL TO YOURSELF. A LUNATIC FANTASY, RIGHT? NOT SO ON THE SCHOODIC PENINSULA. THE SCHOODIC HANGS OUT INTO A FRENCHMAN DAY, JUST EAST, OF MOUNT DESERT ISLAND, HOME OF ACADIA NATIONAL PARK. BUT FEW OF THE 3.5 MILLION ANNUAL VISITORS TO ACADIA REALIZE PART OF THE PARK IS AN HOUR AWAY ON THE SCHOODIC. 2400 ACRES OF WILD FOREST LAND AND PROTECTED COASTLINE. >> THIS IS THE ONLY SECTION OF ACADIA NATIONAL PARK ON THE MAINLAND. THERE ARE A LOT OF SIMILARITIES BETWEEN THE ACADIA SECTION ON MOUNT DESERT ISLAND AND ON SCHOODIC. YOU HAVE WONDERFUL PLACES TO BIKE, HIKE, PLACES TO CAMP. ANTHONY:? THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE NO ROWDS. THE SCHOODIC SECTION OF ACADIA NATIONAL PARK RECEIVES A FRACTION OF THE PARK’S TOTAL VISITORS. >> THEY LEAVE US OFF MAPS. LOOK AT NATIONAL PARK MAVS, RAND MCNALLY MAPS, LOOK AT THE NATIONAL PARK AND SCHOODIC IS NOT INCLUDED. ANTHONY: PETER DRINKWATER OF THE WINTER HARBOR FIVE AND 10. >> WE HAVE EVERYTHING FROM A-Z, ASPIRIN TO ZIPPERS. ANTHONY: DRINKWATER SAYS THERE ARE PLUSES TO LIFE ON THE QUIET SIDE OF ACADIA. CAKE DRIVE ON THE SCHOODIC NATIONAL BYWAY, NO STOPLIGHTS, NO STRESS, MAKES HIS CASE. IN ADDITION TO THE NATIONAL PARK , THE SCENIC BYWAYS PASSES THROUGH SMALL VILLAGES ON THE PENINSULA. >> IT STARTS IN HANCOCK AND GOES TO PROSPECT HARBOR AND GOES DOWN THROUGH 20 MILES OF SOME OF THE PRETTIEST COASTAL MAINE. ANTHONY: AND IF YOU HAVE FORGOTTEN ANYTHING ALONG THE WAY , CHANCES ARE PETER DRINKWATER IN HIS OLD-FASHIONED FIVE AND 10 CAN HELP YOU OUT. >> WE ARE THE STORE OF THREE WONDERS. YOU WONDER IF I HAVE IT, I WONDER IF I HAVE IT, WE ALL WONDER IF I CAN FIND IT. ANTHONY: IF THESE SCHOODIC PENINSULA HAS AN UNOFFICIAL AMBASSADOR, IT MIGHT BE LARRY SMITH. >> YOU WON’T FIND A BETTER PLACE TO HAVE A HOME. I WOULD NOT WANT TO LIVE ANYWHERES ELSE. ANTHONY: SMITH IS A PROPERTY MANAGER FOR SOME OF THE LARGER ESTATES IN THE AREA, BUT HE HAS INVITED US OUT TO ONE OF HIS SMALLER PROPERTIES. THE LIGHTHOUSE ON MARK ISLAND AT THE MOUTH OF WINTER HARBOR. SMITH RESTORED THE DERELICT PROPERTY IN THE 1980’S AND HAS BEEN KEEPING WATCH FOR THE OWNERS EVER SINCE. >> ONE OF THE MOST PHOTOGRAPHED AND PAINTED LIGHTHOUSES ON THE MAINE COAST. ONE OF THE NICEST SPOTS ON THE EARTH. THE SUNSETS HERE ARE GORGEOUS. ANTHONY: SMITH IS FROM NEARBY CHERRYFIELD, AND YES, IN CASE YOU COULD NOT TELL, HE HAS LIVED HERE ALL HIS LIFE. SO FAR, AS MAINERS LIKE TO SAY. >> YOU CAN TELL I AM A REAL DOWNEASTER. JUST LISTEN TO ME SPEAK. ONCE YOU HAVE IT, YOU CANNOT GET RID OF IT. ANTHONY: THE COMBO LIGHTHOUSE NOW OWNED BY DESIGNER FROM NEW YORK CITY ATTRACT SOME HIGH WATTAGE PERSONALITIES. >> THERE HAS BEEN SOME INTERESTING PEOPLE COME HERE TO VISIT. I HAVE MET MARTHA STEWART AND HAD SOME EXPERIENCES WITH MARTHA STEWART. ANTHONY: REGRETTABLY, SMITH IS STUCK -- IS STRUCK BY A SUDDEN ATTACK OF DISCRETION AND CLAMS UP ON HIS CELEBRITY DISH. STILL, IF THE GLITTERATI MAKE AN OCCASIONAL APPEARANCE ON THE COAST, IT IS THE RAW, UNADORNED BEAUTY THAT IS THE REAL STAR. >> I WOULD SAY SCHOODIC PENINSULA AS IT IS NOW MAYBE WAS MORE A CAN TO HOW MOUNT DESERT ISLAND WAS 20 YEARS AGO. >> THIS IS THE BEST PART OF THE WHOLE ACADIA PARK. DON’T YOU FIND IT VERY PEACEFUL OVER HERE? SHAYNA: PEACEFUL AND BEAUTIFUL. IF WE ARE TALKING ABOUT ACADIA, THERE MUST BE SOME PRONUNCIATION DEBATE. ANTHONY: THE PARK RANGER SAID MOUNT DESERT ISLAND, LIKE SAHARA DESERT. WE CHECKED WITH LARRY SMITH, OUR LIFELONG DOWNEASTER. HE SAYS MOUNT DESSERT. WE HAVE BEEN ASKING THIS QUESTION FOR YEARS. I THINK EITHER WAY IS RIGHT AT THIS POINT. SHAYNA: T