Blogs from Bar Harbor, Maine, United States, North America - page 7

9/24/11 - Bar Harbor & Acadia National Park Woke to rain this morning so got a late start. Went into Bar Harbor to buy tickets for the whale watching cruise tomorrow, then rode through Acadia National Park. GREAT park, but could not see the long views due to fog - - hope for better view tomorrow. Thunder Hole and Cadilac Mountain were impressive even on this rainy/foggy day. Stopped at small store for handmade roast beef sandwich and then ice cream cone Picked up lobster and fixin's for LOBSTER LOUISIANA STYLE - - Zatarain's Crab Boil, onions, lemon, small red potatoes, and corn on the cob. IT WAS GREAT!!!! Caught up on the blog and watched LSU beat up on West Virginia. Score now 47 to 21,... read more

July 16 Puffin Day! We left our motel room in Machias at 6:15am for the half our drive to Cutler Harbor and the Bold Coast Charter Company. Fifteen eager photographers and members of the Massachusettes Audubon Society plus myself were met in a little dingy by Captain Andy Patterson who explained the days procedures. The tide was out (all seventeen feet of it!) and the boats in the small classic New England harbor were moored near large seaweed covered boulders or on long lines attached to tall piers that were exposed by the low tide. The weather was perfect for our half day excursion to Machias Seal Island, the largest puffin colony ten miles off the coast of Maine! All sixteen of us were well bundled in layers except for Andy who was in shorts and ... read more

Gday again! Fantastic day here. Started with a great bus trip around Arcadia National Park, then we decided to do our own thing. 16 km hike through the park in some of the most fantastic scenery we have ever seen. It reminded us that that is one of the reasons we came here at this time. Perfect day again helped a lot but it was especially nice to get away on our own. Its a good group but with 52, it can be a bit taxing ....... Mainly Americans, about 8 Aussies 6 kiwis 4 Poms and 2 Isrealis. Reckon thats nearly a United Nations Quorum. Bar Harbor is a beautiful spot but it was a little overawed today with two major cruise ships and one smaller ship in pouring their guests ashore. Really stretched all ... read more

Hello all my dear family and friends. We have now officially left our "home and native land" and are in the land of the "star spangled banner". We stayed in Canada for just about as long as we could, travelling on our motorcycle. It got to be that we had to start travelling later in the day and stop earlier in the evening as the cold weather is upon us now. The daylight travelling was still amazing with temps mostly in the high teens or low twenties, but early morning and the evenings ------ just to COLD!!!!! So---- into America we went. I guess am getting ahead of myself and should back up and start where I left off with this most amazing journey. Sept 17, 2010. It was a rather uneventful night on the ferry, ... read more

Ahoy Maties! ARRR! What a grand and glorious day--somehow it has made me talk like an Irish Pirate. We started out under gray and looming clouds in Gorham, New Hampshire, and explored enough to find breakfast and the famous Shelburne Birches--in fact, we circled back to see them again. One can see why Robert Frost was inspired. As you see, the leaves have not yet turned, outside of a tiny tease, but still and all a beautiful stand of trees. So, we hit the road for 147 miles out of the White Mountains and across Maine to the Atlantic Sea Coast and Bar Harbor. "147 miles? Why would that take 4 and a half hours?" Well, this is Maine, and we spent half the day on Highway 2, a two lane "route" and were sent by ... read more