Snell House
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Snell House
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We are in Bar Harbor (pronounced "bah hahbah"), Maine. Bar Harbor is a town on Mount Desert Island (pronounced “dessert” – something to do with French). Acadia National Park makes up a good portion of the island.
We are staying in the at the Snell House, which is a few minutes walk from the Bar …
Back in the US, back in the US, the USofA
... though!
And with the sun dazzling us as we drove to our next little town/overnight stop at Jonesport and the Harbour House B&B wshere we do indeed have a stunning view of the Harbour. But Jonesport is right out of restaurants so we stopped at the Pizza take-away to order our pizza on our way to the grocery store to pick up wine, and chocolate brownies, and salad, collecting our pizza on the way back. High ...
Playing In Vacationland
... National Park in low season is the best time to visit the area. Most of the roadways within the park are one way. It is probably not the most enjoyable experience driving on these roads with heavy traffic and lots of tourists. This is one advantage to travelling in off season – we have most places to ourselves.
We couldn’t leave Maine without sampling one seafood item that this area is known for. Jeff and I both had lobster. ...
New Hampshire, Three Authors, and the Maine Coast
... his initials on the gate. How very cool. I know that he only spends part of his time in Bangor, and the rest in the Florida Keys (ironically where I am sitting as I write this blog entry). You might ask how I found his house...but the truth is that you can GPS it! Just put 'Stephen King's House' into your GPS. He must not mind the looky-loos.
We made camp seaside in Bar Harbor, Maine. This was our first glimpse of the Atlantic Ocean (for any of us), so it ...
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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