Bar Harbor- you didn’t disappoint

Spent the day exploring Acadia National Park. Did the loop around and stopped at lots spots. Did lots of stops for a little time each versus a couple spots for a long time. Wanted to see as much as we could in our short time. We had only 1 day to see it. Gorgeous sights at every turn. It had everything- ocean views, rocks to climb on and woods to explore.  Highly recommend- although this time of year was SUPER busy. Using our park and go method was tricky at times because parking was often full and overflowing into the road. We were there from about 8am to 1:30 or so. Then we headed back to downtown Bar Harbor but it too was jam packed so we decided to drop of the car at the hotel and take the shuttle back downtown. We did some retail therapy and had an early yummy dinner on the water. Then we lingered around on the beach waiting for low tide so we could walk on the bar. At low tide the bar appears and connects the mainland to the island. Then we had to trek the mile to the hotel because the last shuttle had already run. 

So many pics of the beauty of the park…here’s just a few. 

The bar that appears in low tide

Hip hip hooray no puke for me today!

Today we had a bit of a drive from New Hampshire to Bar Harbor Maine so there weren’t many adventures.We stopped at a roadside place for lunch and I got fish and chips. Yum! After we checked into our hotel we made our way to downtown Bar Harbor and we wandered around a bit before our 6 PM lobster boat tour. I had just about everything I could think of to help me not get nausea and sick (it happened the last 2 times I was in that kind of boat). Dramamine✔️  Anti nausea wristband✔️ peppermint oil✔️ Hip hip hooray- no puke for me today! I learned a ton of information about lobsters that I did not know and even got to hold one. It was a pretty nice boat ride and good way to end the day.

Lunch stop

Bar Harbor

All aboard for a day in New Hampshire….

For our only full day in New Hampshire we had a full schedule. The flume gorge wasn’t open early enough for us so instead we went to see the basin in the state park- a creation of nature where rushing water has chisheled away at rock. It was a nice little hike, though my ankle might not agree 😬 Then we headed to the loon resort and took a gondola to the Loon Peak. Beautiful views all around. Green covered mountains in every direction. We took a little hike around and then half the group decided to walk down and the other half stayed and enjoyed the views before riding the gondola back down. The last thing of the day was a cog wheel train up Mt. Washington. The fog hindered some views and the cold drizzle didn’t help. Luckily I had my raincoat and I found a chair and sat outside. It was quite peaceful.