A Visit to the Bar...Bar Harbor

July 23-25
This was our second trip to Bar Harbor. We were here five years ago having taken the Fast Cat Ferry from Nova Scotia to Bar Harbor. We spent the night at the Bluenose Inn and dined at the Chart House. This trip afforded us the luxury of a little more time to relive our memories.

We stayed at Narrows Too Campground right outside of Bar Harbor. Our site...#700...was within sight of the water where we could watch the ever changing tidal landscape.

LUNCH AT THE CHART HOUSE

Bar Harbor is always a fun place to visit as are most of the coastal towns of Maine. The villages teem with little shops, art galleries, seaside restaurants, sidewalk cafes, boat tours, whale watches, sunset cruises, lighthouses, and roadside lobster pounds. There’s always something to pique one’s interest and empty one’s billfold. During our trip we have certainly bought our share of sweatshirts, tee shirts, magnets, postcards, and little gift items for friends and family. That’s just part of the trip! Restaurants usually take most of our $$$…just can’t pass up that “CHOWDAH”!!

SCENES OF BAR HARBOR

DINNER AT STEWMAN'S

ROADSIDE LOBSTERS AND PIPERS

One thing Bar Harbor has that other areas don’t is Acadia National Park. If shopping is not your thing then there are miles of hiking trails and bike trails to get you back to the “outdoor“ side of yourself. The most popular attraction of the park is Cadillac Mountain.

The drive up the curvy loop road will give you a taste of what will be found at the top…scenic and panoramic vistas of the islands, bays, and ocean below. The elevation of the mountain is over 1,500 ft…the tallest mountain on the Atlantic coast north of Brazil. If you arrive at dawn, then you are the first in the United States to see the sunrise from this vantage. Sunsets are equally as dazzling. Most visitors spend hours just clambering over the bald granite dome. Sometimes, sightings of whales can be seen from the top of the mountain...be sure to bring binoculars!

ACADIA...CADILLAC MOUNTAIN