Bar Harbor Cottages and Suites

... there that I crunched my 1953 Volkswagen by hitting a deer on the New York Thruway. The leaves on that part of the trip were at peak color, and the mountain vistas were gorgeous!

The next leg of the journey was through the inland part of Maine. We were really disappointed with that part. The forests have been cut repeatedly over the last 300 years, and there are very few hardwoods of any size. The ...

... 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.

Today we were in Bar Harbor on Mount Desert Island in Maine. Had nice weather today. Unbelievable place. We think its the best island in the world! It has everything, beautiful scenery, mountains, lakes, forests, cycle trails and good summers. In the winter it drops to -30C and they have skiing, cross-country skiing (using the cycle trails!)... and massive lobster trade! Lovely island.
Cruising through thick fog as we write ...

... but as the day wore on, the fog began to come in, as some of the photos will show. I saw at least three tennis courts, outside spas pools, and what appeared tobe a salt water pool as well. This is a large motel for sure. It has several dinning places. The Bar Harbor Club - resort,spa, tennie - as the sign says, sits right next to the motel, and both are owned by the same owner.
The grounds were very well upkept ...

My favorite hike while visiting the park was hiking up Beehive Mountain. It took us around an hour and it was steep but not too steep and there were hand and foot rails set into the stone at the very steep parts. The view from the top was beeeautiful and then we found out that there was a lake at the summit called the bowl which we hadn't known about when we started so we got to go swimming after our hike up the mountain which was wonderful.

Today was another full day, but we saw some of the most beautiful sites yet. We headed to Acadia this morning and stayed there until about mid-afternoon. Traveling the shoreline in Acadia National Park provides many, many photo opportunities. To allow people to stop where they choose, there's two lanes on the one-way road. One lane is for through traffic and the other gives travelers a place to park wherever they see fit. The shoreline of this area of Maine is ...

We picked up the car in Vermont the other day. I got to drive it all the way to Bar Harbor. It is such an awesome car I am jealous! We met Greg and Fran at our hotel room which was beautiful! We spent most of the time drinking and snacking catching up. Watching lots of photos. The next day( the 31st) Greg and Fran got on their bikes and rode to the harbor. Then we ate!! Fran and I did some shopping while Greg and ...