Nannau Seaside Bed and Breakfast Bar Harbor

... and bottled the syrup. The gift shop had a sweatshirt that said "What happens in Vermont, stays in Vermont, but nothing ever happens". Cute, eh?

Next we crossed New Hampshire. We circled South and drove back North through the White Mountains and past Mt. Washington, the highest peak East of the Rockies. Across the way was Wildcat Mountain, a ski slope I skied in College in 1963. It was on the return ...

... and always thought that were from the south rather than up here. They were as good as I had remembered.

Like many small ports, it is pretty easy to cover the town in a couple of hours. We did buy a couple of water colors by a local artist. The shop called Macey's is really no relation. The family name is Mace.

The departure was interesting because the captain had to basically tip toe out of he harbor missing all of the thousands of lobster pot bouys.

We drove from Atlanta up to Maine the second week of September. For three months, the weather in Maine was generally seasonably warm and mostly very sunny. This gave us the chance to take many hikes at Acadia National Park, about 10 miles from home. We also went to Atlanta for Halloween, and ...

Okay, so if you were not in Bar Harbor this past week, here is what you missed. Actors Tim Robbins and Susan Sarandon were in town for a fund raiser for the historic Criterian Thyeatre. As they stood outside on the sidewalk for a local TV interview, large crowds of tourists and locals alike gathered for a close up look at the super stars. Below is a link to a web page that ...

... town and obviously a magnet for tourists. It was very picturesque - so of course we took lots of photos! www.barharborMaine.com There was a cruise ship in the harbor and its tender was busy ferrying eager shoppers to shore. Great for business, but it did make for crowded streets - well Main Street. Most of the visitors seemed content with ...

... descended from a family who arrived in the area in the 1700s! A whole Maine lobster again, served at the Fisherman's Wharf restaurant on the water. They were always sweet and juicy. Richard moaned, "Can we possibly eat more seafood?" Of course! We finished that meal with the homemade Maine blueberry ice cream!

The last two days of our trip were spent in Portland, Maine after the required stop at L.L. Bean in Freeport! The ...

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... well hard to capture in photos.. The off to Bar Harbor, Maine. Here we hooked with one of Catherine's best friends Julie. Went through a lobster hatchery. Very interesting. In the photo below, shows the baby lobster. They eat each other so they put them ...