Lindenwood Inn Southwest Harbor

... sight to behold. There are several standout museums in Bar Harbor, and the Mount Desert Oceanarium, in particular, is outstanding. This city is a great place for the whole family, as there is a wide array of activities to captivate young and old alike. The dining in Bar Harbor is magnificent, and if you are a fan of lobster, you will adore the possibilities here. You can find surf ...

... He oversaw much of the construction and design of the roads and bridges. Today biking or hiking these carriage roads is a beautiful way to see the park away from the traffic and at this time of year away from the crowds.

We rode for hours up and down gentle grades along lakes and ponds with views to the mountains and always the glorious colors of fall. It was a delightful day ending at Jordon Pond for a cup of soup and views down the ...

... up for over 35 hours. Needless to say it was off to bed......I slept for 11 hours!
Acadia National Park is supposed to be the most visited national park in the nation. In the early 1900's John Rockefeller and others started buying up blocks of Acadia to prevent developers from getting their hands on the land. Acadia is an area on the eastern coast claimed for France by Champlain in the early 1600"s. The land was eventually turned over ...

... 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 ...

... on our way to Halifax in Nova Scotia tomorrow. We will effectively leave USA and enter Canadian waters at around 3am tomorrow morning!
Aurora is sounding her foghorns at the mo! Never seen such thick fog at sea. Bit eeary !
Off for a major USA themed party tonight in the nightclub... will be a bit like our wedding evening. Wishing we had bought some of the American flags!
Hope all are well.
Love Paul & Laura xx

... to see, and we were all happy to catch a glimpse of them again before leaving Canada.

It was now time to return to the US pass the border patrol. The guards there were quite amazed that we didn’t have too much in the way to declare, but let us go over without incident. We had about a two hour trip to Bar Harbor, and were a little tired after the day so far. We arrived about 5:30 p.m., checked in and decided to go ...

... ME. The guy at the front desk recommended a place called “Becky’s” for breakfast. It was a nice place along the water.

We then left for our 3.5 hour trip to Bar Harbor. Along the way we decided (on the recommendation of Nancy) to take the scenic route to Acadia National Park/Bar Harbor. Fortunately for us we did, because we heard that 11 people were swept into the Atlantic Ocean due to the high surf at the park. We had ...

... POUNDS EVERYWHERE----PICK YOUR LOBSTER AND DROP IT IN TO BOIL.FOR $13.99--A 1 1/4 LB. TO A 2 LB.SLAW,FRIES,CORN ON COB AND FRESH ROLLS AND A SLICE OF BLUEBERRY PIE. WE HAD LOBSTER EVERYDAY.THEN THERE WERE THE CLAM SHACKS--$1.00 A CUP OF THE BEST CLAM CHOWDER IN THE WORLD.THE RIDE WAS SO BEAUTIFUL UP THE COAST THE ROADWAYS WERE LINED WITH WILD FLOWERS EVERYWHERE AND MANY PICK AND CUT STOPS.YOU GET YOUR SCISSORS,GLOVES AND BUCKET AND PICK AND CUT YOUR OWN FLOWERS FOR $4.00.SO WE HAD ...

... both of them! They were visiting from Nova Scotia and when they come to Bar Harbor, they always go to this lobster shack.

Jim decided that eating lobster was too much work! He needed a lesson from these two women on the best method to crack the lobster and find the meat. Of course, I had to cover the tray when the stomach was exposed and they said..."don't eat that!" Yuck! Jim decided to stick to cheeseburgers.

... at a place called Seal Cove. Maybe because of the foggy skies or rocky shores, or both, the place reminded us of the Pacific Northwest. We felt at home and hung out watching loons and walking a bit of the shoreline. Afterwards we headed out to Bass Harbor, where we found a potential boat tour was not going out due to the weather, so we headed to the nearby lighthouse for some sightseeing and new views of the water. It turns out that both Bass Harbor and the ...