First, I’ll wrap up yesterday. We are staying at Mt. Desert Narrows Camping Resort on Rt. 3 just after you come onto Mt. Desert Island. We had a farewell campfire last night with Paul, Mary, Harvey, and Yvonne. Paul was very glad to get that wood out of his car. That wood is well traveled! Paul and Mary are heading towards home. Harvey and Yvonne are heading to the southwest Maine coast before turning west into New Hampshire and Vermont to do some sightseeing there and hopefully some autumn colors. This was their first time in the northeast Atlantic coastal areas.
Today we followed their suggestion and signed up for the Lobster Boat Ride on the Lulu. This was really an enjoyable and beautiful way to sightsee. Captain John is quite a showman and at the same time very informative on the Lobsterman’s way of life. The recession has hit the industry hard. They are getting much lower prices at the dock ($3/lb.), even though retail prices remain at all time highs. We didn’t see any whales but we did see both harbor and gray seals as we circled Egg Rock and it’s Lighthouse.
The town of Bar Harbor was very busy today as two large cruise ships were in port. Before our cruise we started our tour of Acadia National Park with a stop at the Visitors Center to see the introductory movie. The movie is well done should be the first stop for Park visitors. From there we headed up to the top of Cadillac Mountain to take advantage of the crystal clear air. There was no fog or haze today and you could see Mt. Katahdin today. After our boat ride we continued our journey south on the Park Loop to visit Sandy Beach, the Thunder Hole (just burping today), and Northeast Harbor. The coastline was very pretty late in the afternoon, although no big waves today for which we were thankful for on our boat ride. A short side road we found took us by some really big estates on the ocean.
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