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Bar Harbor Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Bar Harbor, United States
Beautiful Acadia
... quick bite to eat, and embarked on a whale watching trip. By this time we had noticed the following interesting tidbits about Bar Harbor: 1. It is a popular spot for cruise ships - there was a Norwegian Cruise ship in town 2. There were an incredible ...
Day 8: A Journey Back to an Earier Time
... and gift shop. I enjoyed a terrific lobster dinner. Tom had scallops. We then wandered the grounds picking a few blueberries as we went down the hill to the “pond.” We drove back to Bar Harbor at dusk. ...
Day 19 .....drove along the coast of Maine
Day 19 We drove along the coast of Maine and stopped in at Northeast Harbor, Southwest Harbor and Bass Harbor to see the ...
A beautiful town
... cruise ships as well as being a lobster fishing town so the harbour is pretty busy and you get a sense that despite its size Bar Harbor can be a bustling place. We then decided that we would have to sort out some accommodation for the night and took a ...
Maine, lobster... Bar Harbor
... , and with earplugs (the road is about 30 meters, 900 feet away) sleep was good. Before we went to sleep we visited Bar Harbor (downtown) and a Wallmart to buy some beverages and things we needed. There is much to say about Bar Harbour. It's located on ...
Day 7- Paddling and a Pub Crawl
... tide. No sign of the connecting sand bar was visible. We had a snack sitting on a large driftwood log looking over to Bar Harbor and watching the customers from the commercial trip who were still receiving how-to instructions on the beach. When they began ...
In Arcadia ego
... cancel part of our trip. We had planned to visit the White Mountains in New Hampshire (Christmas Inn and Spa) but are so captivated by Bar Harbor we took the $200 hit and extended our stay here. It was an easy call because this room (not hotel) and more ...
ACADIA - SIGNS OF ITS PAST
... here on the island. It was all private lands. And many of the names were different as well. For instance, Bar Harbor was named Eden back then. And what is now Cadillac Mountain was then called Green Mountain. Thus this is ...
Day 7: Mission Accomplished
We departed the Maxwell's about 9 am headed for Bar Harbor Maine via Bangor and Ellsworth. As we headed north on I-495, there was very little traffic. When we entered New Hampshire from Massachusetts there was an accident and traffic buildup, so we ...
Bar Harbor, Maine, USA
Bar Harbor, Maine, USA 5/29/2011 Our next stop is Bar Harbor for Lobster! This is the highlight our our trip. Once we arrived, we immediately went to this restaurant called, Shewman's Regency Restaurant. The lobster here at this restaurant was wonderful ...
Blowing in the MF Wind.....
... . She thought the Doris Duke house was boring....I told her that was Disneyland compared to the whale watching....THAT WAS HELL. Bar Harbor had great shopping, I wish we had more time there.....Didn't see Arcadia National Park because someone wanted to go ...
The Way Life Should Be
We decided to leave fairly early in the morning as we had a long drive to our new destination. We also wanted to try and take the scenic route along highway 1 so that we could see what coastal Maine was about. We zipped through ...
Oh, we got there from here, boy howdy.
... for the ocean, so we decided to take a trip to Bar Harbor, ME. The KOA campground is located on Mt. Desert Island in Bar Harbor by Acadia National Park. Day 1 - Thursday July 15 We arrived this evening after a six hour-plus drive through mostly back ...
Sailing up the East Coast
... (came equal 2nd) and some music with a young acoustic guitarist, Brandi, who we educated about Paul Kelly, then to the Lido Bar for dinner. Oops, too late for dinner. Will have to order it as room service. Shrimp cocktails and Lobster Thermidor brought to ...
Acadia National Park in Bar Harbor
... fog blowing over top of mtn. Will try it again tomorrow before we leave. Found a great little cabin between Ellsworth and Bar Harbor - 9 miles from town. Drove back to Bar Harbor for dinner at Testa's and Susann had her first ever whole, ...
High Heat, High Sea, Limited Common Sense
... become a hated northern wind in January. After putting about a hundred miles on the car it was back to Bar Harbor for dinner. We chose the Finback Alehouse in the center of town. Pat had scallops which she loved while Sarah ...
Acadia Ntl Park
... some lobster last night. The line was long and the wait was long, but we got a great lobster. This morning we drove into Bar Harbor and then into Acadia Ntl. Park. Drove up Cadillac Mtn. and had no idea that there was a mtn so high and ...
SCENES FROM BAR HARBOR, MAINE
... just before the tourists arrived, then the video moves into late spring and early summer. What people don't realize is that Bar Harbor is a tourist town pretty much. In the winter many of the small shops are closed and boarded up. ...
Into Acadia
... too long. After checking in at our hostel (we got a sweet deal for a private room), we walked around the resort-y town of Bar Harbor a bit. We returned hungry, so made soup and quinoa in the hostel kitchen. Excited for the wireless internet and room to ...
Days 55 and 56 Maine
... the hills, the coast, MAN, no wonder Laura spent all her summers there back during high school. Acadia was beautiful and the town of Bar Harbor certainly has its charm. I super splurged and ate a $30 meal at Eden Restaurant, an all vegan, all organic, all ...
Thanksgiving in Maine
Misty morning and we had breakfast and left for Arcadia National park. Light rain was falling and visibility was down to 100 feet but the feeling was pure Steven King. We were expecting some ol'boy with a chain saw to appear around every corner. None the ...
Acadian National Park
... we journeyed north. Found an intriguing fleamarket just outside Searsport and bought some vintage California postcards. After checking into the Bar Harbor Motel in the early afternoon, we entered the Acadian National Park, the only National Park on the ...
Bar Harbour & Acadia National Park
... eye flight to Bangor, Maine via New York then Boston then Bangor. We picked up our rental car in Bangor then drove to Bar Harbour. We stopped at a tourist info centre to pick up some maps etc. The lady we talked to suggested that we drive into ...
Don't miss Boothbay Harbor & Portland
We departed on the "Cat" ferry back to Bar Harbor, staying our last night there in the Bar Harbor Hotel/Blue Nose Inn and dining at Jack Russell's, a lively beef house in the city! On to Boothbay Harbor to the Blue Heron Inn. Each city we visited on our ...
From Bar Harbor, Maine!
... to get the sap down to the cookery.. And the landscape here.. 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 ...
NE Harbor to Bar Harbor and Home
... 50s/low 60s with rain. CONCLUSION: Best time is around Columbus Day. Ferries to Schoodic Peninsula from Bar Harbor (288-2984) and Swans Island from Bass Harbor (244-3254). Also worth considering in planning is ...