It was hard to leave the hospitality of our B&B innkeepers in Rockland, but we headed on to Bar Harbor. Unfortunately, we miscalculated the distance and missed our whale watching tour boat--the only one of the day. We were able to make the later Nature Tour that took us around Frenchman Bay. Acadia National Park rose high in the background. At the tops of the seaside cliffs sat beautiful cottage estates built by Rockefeller, Vanderbilt, Astor, Pulitzer, and Morgan (to name a few) around the turn of the century. It was these families who donated the initial land that became Acadia National Park. The view from our room at the Bar Harbor Inn is very close to the view they had. We were able to see seals, bald eagles, a young milky whale, eider ducks, and porpoise. We passed Thunder Hole (which was the site of a tragedy just two months ago); here, the surf crashes against the rocks inside crevasses which is said to make a sound like clapping thunder. A cool site. After the tour we walked around the little shops and found ourselves belly up at the Bar Harbor Brewing Company beer tasting counter. Interesting beers that are only found in Maine (too expensive to ship).
We ended our evening at the Bar Harbor Inn's restaurant, Reading Room. The view of the bay from the restaurant was just a lovely as the view from our room. You can't leave Maine without eating blueberry pie. So I ordered the dark chocolate raspberry torte--and had a taste of Mom's blueberry pie!
Tomorrow we drive to Bangor where we will start our trip back towards the airport.
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