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Travel Blogs from Bar Harbor
Playing In Vacationland
... Sand Beach. Standing on the shores of the beach watching surfers catch the waves, I thought of our time at Tofino, BC when we were there in February watching people do the same thing on the Pacific Ocean. I love the combination of water surrounded by mountains. Water, alluring but scary for me (I don’t know how to swim), the mountains for the spirit and mystery that this terrain holds, I need to climb them. Coming to Cadillac Mountain and ...
New Hampshire, Three Authors, and the Maine Coast
... ve built a replica that you can tour, and they've marked out the former location of the cabin with a monument, so you can picture what Thoreau's life there was like. Next to the cabin site is a large pile of stones that people have left in tribute. We added rocks to the pile (see mine in pics below!). Being at Walden Pond, you can really get a glimpse of just how much and how quickly the world has changed. Sometimes, I think living in a simpler, less ...
One final walk on the pedestrian path...
Kim fell in love with Bar Harbor - could move there in a minute, if it weren't for their cold winters, so for one last glimse of this wonderful little harbor town, we took one last walk along the harbor trail and took some final photos for memories.
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Hiking on Mt. Cadillac
Final morning in Bar Harbor, we headed up to Mt. Cadillac one more time to see if we could see the views - only to find it even foggier than the day before and the wind was howling! So we headed back down the mtn and in just a short distance, we finally saw some of the views of the village and bay below. The views are a bit dim, because the fog was swirling around the mountain, but the view was still pretty cool from up there.
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1950s USA.
... your purchases in brown paper bags....pictures of Dean Martin and Elvis....none of the people serving us were "acting" but you swore you were in a retro Hollywood movie and you waited for James Dean to walk in....unreal experience. Today....(Friday) was another great day...we went to the Acadia National Park....which is only about 5 miles from Bar Harbour....you drive around the most amazing scenery...lush green forests.....sweeping views of the Atlantic Ocean as it ...