Wednesday, July 22, 2015

Mount Dessert Island


Well another chilly night! Not crazy cold but still chilly. Today’s high was going to be about 68 degrees and cloudy. Brrr chilly brrr! But at least no rain was in the forecast. We decided to go see a few of the smaller towns in the area and end up back in Bar Harbor for lunch. I had seen a Cuban restaurant that I wanted to try so that was the plan for the first half of the day. Before breakfast we went to pick blueberries. Lyn picked a bunch of them while I wrote the blog. They are everywhere. If you see us starting to turn blue in the next few days it will surely be from trying to consume these delicious berries every chance we get. We went back and I fixed pancakes and bacon for breakfast of course topped with maple syrup and you guessed it blueberries. What a great way to start the day. Our first stop was Southeast Harbor. It had a quaint little town that we stopped and walked around in.  After that we headed to Bass harbor. This also happened to be where Seawall campground was that is part of Acadia National Park. We toured it for a future visit and found it to be beautiful and well laid out. The campsites were large and well wooded. They even had a loop right on the beach. This part of the island is known for great views out over the water but today was not one of those days. The fog was so thick that you could barely see past the waterline. For those of you that are old enough to remember the movie “The Fog” well that is exactly what it looks like. You can actually see it roll in just like in the movie. Anyway there was plenty to see just not the great views that they are known for. That just leaves us a reason to come back. We kept driving and ended up at Bass Harbor Lighthouse. It has been in operation since the 1800’s. It was smaller then what I am use to but was pretty and great area to stretch our legs. After that we headed to Northeast Harbor, it is supposedly where all of the rich people live. It had a small town area that had a bakery that we decided to stop at. I got a donut and Lyn got an apple pastry and a couple of coffees to try to warm us up. We sat on a bench in the park and just took it all in. After driving around a bit more we headed back to Bar Harbor for lunch. (Yes I know we just had pastries and now going for lunch but that is how we roll! J ) Anyway we made it to the Cuban place only to see that they opened up at 3 so we decided to go back to camp and eat some leftovers. They were actually pretty good and made us sleepy so we took a nap. Later we walked Jasper got some ice-cream at a place called Udder Ice-cream that is sort of connected to the campground. We decided to go back to Bar Harbor and just walk around a bit before dinner. Since this was our last night here we wanted to get one more look. We left Jasper in the car and went into a few of the shops. Finally it was time for dinner. Tonight was lobster night! We went back to the place where we got the clam chowder the night before. Lyn and I split a lobster with a side order of mussels. It was delicious and we were very full even though we split it. On the way back to the campsite Lyn spotted a bunch of dead twigs that would help us start the fire since we did not have any kindling and did not have a hatchet to make any. By the time she collected all of the wood she wanted she had a huge pile of brush hanging out the car window. We were quit the site as we went through the campground at 5mph. Anyway it worked and we burned the last three logs we had and called it a night. Tomorrow we are leaving this beautiful place and heading to Bethel, New York home of the Woodstock Museum and very close to the actual site where Woodstock played out all those years ago.

Fresh picked blueberries!


Breakfast!


Out and about.



Out and about.



Out and about.



Out and about.


The fog!


Bass Harbor Head Lighthouse

Bass Harbor Head Lighthouse



Bass Harbor Head Lighthouse



Bass Harbor Head Lighthouse




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