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
