Bar Harbor, Maine

These are a couple of pictures from Eastport CG that I forgot to post.

This sign near the dock says "See a Whale, Ring  the Bell". Unfortunately, we didn't see a whale here, only a seal.

We took out time getting ready to leave since we only had to travel about 150 miles to Bar Harbor. We found a convenient pull off right down the road to pull over and park to hook up the car. We were laughing about the time we were in Lancaster and were trying to find a place to hook up the car. We use walkie talkies to communicate when he's in the MH & I'm in the car. We kept talking about looking for a Walmart to "hook up". Anyone else with a walkie talkie would think we were doing something else beside hooking up the car to the MH. I'm surprised the police didn't meet us at the nearest Walmart. 

 We arrived at the the KOA CG in Bar Harbor. It was actually at the very beginning of the island, so we were away from  the traffic and touristy area which was in downtown Bar Harbor. It was also right on an inlet with great western views of the coast. The CG was pretty big and a little crowded for a holiday weekend. Lots of people walking dogs and lots of kids. The kitties didn't appreciate that at all.

We noticed in their brochure that they had Dakota the Lobster Dude at the CG. Right at the end of our row was the food truck with the Lobster Dude. It was a little red air stream trailer set up like a food truck. The had lobster dinners, lobster rolls, chicken salad, ice cream and items that you could eat there or take back to the MH to eat. We decided on lobster rolls and took them back to eat. It was a short day, but we were tired.

Lunch/dinner was delicious, but I think I've had my fill of lobster for a while.

The next morning we decided to head into Bar Harbor town area for the day. David wanted to have breakfast at Jeannies Great Maine Breakfast. We haven't been here in many years, but we do remember it being pretty busy. Well, it seems everyone else wanted breakfast at Jeannies too. We put our name on the list, and they had a fairly fast turn over. The breakfast was very good. After breakfast we decided to walk around the area a bit. It was packed with people. As it turns out Bar Harbor is a cruise ship destination and there was a ship in port. The side walks were so crowed you could hardly get through. We found a shop with really cheap T shirts ($5.00) and bought a couple for souvenirs.  There seemed to be nothing to look at, but people, people people, T shirt shops and jewelry stores. There was nothing here we wanted and it was not enjoyable at all.

  When we commented to the lady at the check out about how busy it was in Bar Harbor she looked at the ship schedule and said, "you're lucky, there's only 1 ship here today. There will be 2 tomorrow". We headed back to our car even though we had time left on our meter. Not a  fun place for us.

 After breakfast we decided a nice ride around the island would be good. The roads weren't the best, but it was nice riding through the forest areas and looking at all the trees, ferns, houses, and inlets.

 It was a beautiful drive and we even found a quilt/yarn shop. Their fabric was not great, but I did find some gray sock yarn that was nice.

 There were quaint little harbors all around the island and it was a nice ride after the tourists in Bar Harbor. We also found a Mardens just north of our CG. I see people raving about the quantity of fabric they have in their stores, Well, yes this Mardens had tons of fabric, but it was all crap fabric. You could tell just by looking at it. The colors were dull and the images not clear. Very poor quality, but they had tons and tons of it for $5.00 a yard. We did find a couple of kitty beds for the boys. Bentley has started riding on the dashboard of the MH, so we picked up a nice bed for him for $12.

 The next day we decided to go to Acadia National Park. We were here many years ago when Ryan was about 10 or 12 and we took a ferry from Bar Harbor over to Nova Scotia for a vacation.

 We went to  the visitors center for a map and info and then took a ride to Cadillac Mountain. Again, there were tons of tourists.

 The views were really spectacular and you could see the 2 cruse ships in port. They couldn't actually dock there, but would tend the tourists over to the port.

                                             It was a good visit and we went back to the CG early.

 I decided to take Nickie for a walk around the CG. When we were coming back we passed a lady and man sitting outside with their cat. The cat was just loose and not in a carrier or on a leash. The kitty came running over to say "Hello". He only wanted a pat on the head and he was good. The lady said he does this to all passer bys and will even jump on the KOA drivers golf cart for a nice head pat. They said there's no problem with him running away and he loves everyone except the little dogs on a leash which he chases out of there. He was a beautiful orange/brown short haired sweet kitty.

A nice CG, but a bit too busy for us.We appreciated the fact that it was away from most of the Bar Harbor traffic. Next up------Freeport, Maine