The Pines Winter Harbor

... visiting Acadia National Park. This destination is truly one of Mother Nature's greatest achievements, and the local government has made tremendous efforts to keep this park in its natural form. There is plenty for you to do in Bar Harbor, and both the shopping and the nightlife are rocking. From live music to the theater, the city offers plenty of great activities once the sun goes down.

Bar Harbor, Maine, United States katstravel

... After crossing back into the US we drove along the coast back down to Bar Harbour. We went to the Quoddy Lighthouse, the most eastern lighthouse in the US. We saw a lot of scenic, ruggest coastline and also went to Schoodic Point.
Fro dinner we went to a ``lobster pound``. At a lobster pound you pick out your lobster which is then put in an rope bag, tagged and taken outside to a cauldron where the water is heated to boiling by a wood ...

... are all in New Hampshire, so the land is rolling and not mountainous. The towns seem older and grittier, and not very scenic. We checked into our hotel in Bangor, and headed out to Bar Harbor for a crustacean-a-rama! The road from Bangor to Bar Harbor was 45 miles of misery. Chopped up and construction everywhere. We expected Bar Harbor to be a sleepy little fishing village. Au Contraire, Pierre, it ...

It was a beautiful sunny fall day that was pretty windy. I was glad that bought a lined wind breaker in Newport. Bar Harbor is a tender port. The ship was at anchor out among the lobster pot jungle. The ship is set with the azipods turned so that it acts as a large wind break. This keeps the chop to a minimum when getting on and off of the tender.

As usual, we enjoyed breakfast in the Lido before going ashore. I usually have muesli and raisin bread. If I am there ...

... 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

... Michigan and Kentucky for a week each. On December 13 we will begin Leg 2 of our world travels as we head first to Las Vegas and then to the Cook Islands. Please take a look at Entry #1, the Itinerary, to see a more detailed itinerary for our travels.

Thanks for following our travels!!

Wednesday, September 2, 2009, and we are finally at our destination of Bar Harbor, ME – gateway to the Acadia National Park system.

Today we left St. Andrews about 10:00 a.m. We had a light breakfast, and headed out south east to the US town Lubec, ME. Lubec, the most north eastern town of the US, has a bridge going to Campobello Island, a Canadian island housing what was the summer home of Franklin Roosevelt (FDR) and ...

... 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 ...

... catches the first rays of sun. Those who do rise early will find the private deck at the back of the house the perfect place to start the day. From there they can nurse morning coffee or tea while watching the morning glide path of eagles and gulls over the green space behind the house...just ...

... that had peiwinkles(real chewy shellfish that where on the rocks and orca? a wild spinich like plant. The first time I ever had that combination and probably the last-very interesting but filling and at least a cooked meal. Stayed on the island for the night-one of my more eventful days. Paintings available through my website http://home.earthlink.net/~greenvanartu sa/index.html