Blogs from Bar Harbor, Maine, United States, North America - page 9

Greetings from Maine! Sorry that I haven't blogged in a few days! We've either been too busy or haven't had internet access. I have a lot to share, though and some great pictures as well! On Tuesday, we drove into Maine to see a cloud of mist and haze. We kept telling the girls that it was beautiful, but it was hard for them to believe us because they couldn't see much of the harbor. That night, we pulled into Acadia National Park and camped at Blackwoods Campground. Needless to say, it was raining and Tony and I were completely over all of the "wetness"! Wednesday morning, we drove to a hiking trail called Bubble Rock. Maddie and Tony had heard about it the night before at a park ranger geology talk. The rock was left ... read more

Sunday - June 21, 2009 We had a leisurely breakfast at the Gosnold Arms looking over the bay. The blueberry pancakes were so good. Then we headed South to Pemoquid Point to see the lighthouse. The lighthouse was closed but the view was nice and we took some pictures by the water and surrounding area. After leaving there we stopped at Fort William Henry in Pemaquid. Next we went to the Breakwater Lighthouse in Rockland. This lighthouse is situated way out into the water where you have to walk along a breakfront to get to it. The breakfront is made up of huge flat rocks which lead to the lighthouse. We didn’t get to go out to it because the waves were starting to crash up and we didn’t want to get wet. It seemed pretty ... read more

So last week was our second week in our Canada/New England run. We spent Monday in Halifax - fighting fires. Day 2 we ported in Bar Harbour, where a bunch of us got off and went for lunch. Lisa’s boyfriend Josh (firefighter on the ship) wanted lobster, and we all laughed when our waitress insisted on schooling Josh in proper-lobster eating. I ordered lobster tail. So fresh and delicious! Day 3 we ported in St. John, New Brunswick and our only purpose was to get Humberto a birthday present. After running into Humberto that morning at boat drill, he decided that he would come shopping with us. So, we lied and said the hoodie Canada sweater was for my Dad for his birthday (which is in fact approaching! Happy Birthday Dad!) and even had Humberto try ... read more

This week has been our first week of our new itinerary, so we’ve been getting used to the new schedule. It was also a SUPER easy week work-wise, as we had 5 youth onboard - bit of a difference from last week’s 60! We each worked less hours in Kids Korner, but also performed extra duties as cruise staff (hosting karaoke, helping with crowd control during immigration, swiping passenger cards as they exit ship, etc.) I’ve had lots of extra time on my hands so I’ve been doing lots of knitting, as well as watching the first season of “Heroes” that I borrowed from the crew bar. (GREAT show for anyone who watches it!) Steph, Nicole, and I have been in Basic Safety training all week, so every day we had a couple hours of training. ... read more

We made a quick stop at the garden located on scenic loop, said hi to the frogs,and then headed over to Beehive trail. To get to the trailhead we had to go to Sand Beach and walk to the other side of the beach. There were a lot more people than the first day we came but the fog condition was slightly the same. Beehive trail is considered difficult trail because of the steepness and cliff you have to climb on. We walked passed the entrance to the trail so we had to walk back a bit. From the point approaching the trailhead, there was a group of hikers chitchatting and pointing up the mountains to hikers who were climbing up on the cliff. They were literally on the cliff. It didn't take long from the ... read more