Bar Harbor and Acadia

After leaving Boothbay Harbor, we continued further north to our ultimate destination of Bar Harbor Maine and Acadia National Park. We actually stayed about 12 miles form Bar Harbor in the small town of Trenton, Maine at Timberland Campground. The CG is nice with large, level pull through sites and the campground wifi worked great. We were parked in the open so satellite tv was not a problem. We also had fairly strong Verizon 4G for our hot spot but didn't really need it.  http://www.timberlandacresrvpark.com

Bar Harbor is a great little town that got its name because of a sandbar between the mainland and an island that is exposed during low tide. People walk over there and hopefully make it back before the tide comes back in, but if not, they don't attempt a "rescue" because a few hours later, they can walk back. Our guide of the Acadia tour we took told us about an empty kayak that was in the water near the sandbar that was just sitting in the same spot for a couple hours. After the tide went out a little, they saw that it was strapped to the roof of an SUV! Uh oh! 

You can see the sand bar exposed here at low tide.

In Bar Harbor there is the West Street Cafe. If you like blueberry pie, (or as it turns out, even if you don't), go there. Order pie with vanilla ice cream. Eat it. I am not a fan of blueberries but I had to sample Diane's piece. I have to say, that was some of the best pie I have ever eaten. Turns out Maine blueberries ( and they grow a bunch of them), are a little different form southern blueberries. Smaller and sweeter. Good stuff!

The aforementioned guide worked for Ollie's Trolleys. http://www.olistrolley.com They charged us $30 each for a 2.5 hour tour of Bar Harbor and Acadia. It was a great way to get the lay of the land and decide what we wanted to explore further. (I highly recommend this approach if you've never been to the area.) This turned out to be a double blessing because of the weather. We had scheduled 4 days at Timberland but after a couple days of rain, decided to extend for 4 more. Out of the 8 days, we had 2 days of sunshine, 4 days of rain, and 2 days of cloudy, windy, and cool. But you can't control the weather so no point in getting bent out of shape about it.
Acadia is an awesome National Park. If you are in the area, make time to spend a couple days here. Following are some pictures we took to document the trip. Hope you enjoy.

Bar harbor is filled with quaint summer "cottages" that the
rich and famous of the day built in the area.  

Views from the top of Cadillac Mountain.

Trees are a bit stunted up here!

Only 1500 feet in elevation.

The glaciers left this behind when they retreated.

The wind was unbelievable on top!

Mile after mile of rocky coast line.

Frenchman's Bay

One of several lakes on the island.  Notice the beaver
huts at the far side.

Sand Beach.  A rarity due to cold water and currents which
normally dissolve the shells that make up this "sand".

One of several stone bridges in the park.  the Rockefellers, Morgans,
and other well to do people of the day built much of the park.
They did a great job of creating the roads, carriage roads, and bridges
that give access to the park without impacting the natural beauty.