Blogs from Bar Harbor, Maine, United States, North America

Well, here we are in Maine. When we crossed the boarder they took away my tomato's, and grapefruit. Apparently you can't enter the states with some fruits and vegetables from another country, even Canada. The couple we met at our last Canada campground are joining us for a Canadian Thanksgiving tomorrow, yep Turkey (on the BBQ) and all the dressings. We stayed here for 3 days and had a look around the country. By the way Bar Harbor is pronounced "Ba Haba". We had some interesting conversations because of the accent. Then we travelled west across Maine to Bangor and into New Hampshire. Our first campground being in the White Mountains (in the Appalacians). Scenery was great and we seem to be following the fall colours as we go along. We were going to go into ... read more

I woke this morning early after a fairly good night’s sleep, made coffee and put a warm fleece on to have my coffee outside. Marg and Oscar were still sleeping so I didn’t want to make too much noise. It was beautiful out, the sun had just risen so there was that magic light everywhere. We had a busy morning planned so I showered, got dressed and started moving things to our new site which was just the next one down. Marg and Oscar got up and helped and in no time we were moved and settled. Marg made us oatmeal for breakfast and we sat outside eating it enjoying the view. We left at 8:30 for a wagon ride near Jordon Pond which was about 45 min away. Oscar wasn’t too happy with the horses ... read more

Acadia It seems 7 am is the wake up time. There was a decent breeze and the air smelled of fresh salt water. The tide is out so rocks are exposed with seaweed draping over them. A contrast of mustard yellow and black. After some morning chores Oscar was content to just lay in bed so I took my chair, coffee and binoculars and resumed my pose of last night. No peace this morning though. I was watching a sea gull walking over the rocks in search of breakfast. He was very protective of his territory and I witnessed one very violent encounter. Then he resumed his food hunt and went into a tidal pool, looking around. He seemed to be doing a little dance then looking down in the water. It finally dawned on me ... read more

We arrived at Bar Harbor on Friday. After having the lobsters @ Trenton Bridge, we headed to Seawall and Bass Harbor. The hard shell lobster @ Trenton Bridge was amazing. They use the boiling seawater to cook the lobsters. So their lobsters are more tasty than others. We also tried the soft shell lobsters @ Thurston. However, we felt that the hard shell was much much better than the soft shell. Well, it was also more expensive than the soft though. We can't compare the soft @ Thurston with the one @ Trenton Bridge, cuz we only had hard shell @ Trenton Bridge. But overall, the lobsters @ Thurston were more pricy than that @ Trenton Bridge. Heard of blue lobster before? You can find it @ Down East. But it is not for sale. We ... read more

Hello from Bar Harbor, Maine. Sally and I drove up to Bar Harbor this morning. It's about a 2 1/2 hour drive from where we're camping. Didn't want to have to drive back tonight so we're staying in Bar Harbor overnight. Arrived at about noon and checked into our hotel. Found out that we have beat the high season by about a week. The hotel manager said that they were full starting next week for most of the 2012 summer season. Left at 2:00 pm for a 2 hour cruise of Frenchmans Bay on a 150 foot long four mast schooner, the Margaret Todd. Myself and two much younger gentleman helped raise one of the sails on the Margaret Todd after we left the dock. (Not a pretty picture)!! That was a lot harder than I ... read more