Before today I had never been sea kayaking. We went for a 5 mile kayak tour today, paddling in a 16′ tandem kayak. Afterward we made it up to Cadillac Mountain just in time to see the sunset over Eagle Lake. Tomorrow morning we begin our return journey home.
Tonight we made sure to save enough appetite during the day to partake in a traditional Maine lobster bake for dinner. A whole lobster, salt potatoes, corn on the cob, clam chowder and blueberry pie. Needing to walk it off, we wandered out along the sand bar that connects the village of Bar Harbor to Bar Island. At high tide the sand bar is completely submerged under several feet of water.
Today started of rather cold and rainy, but ended up being spectacularly sunny. We wandered into a coffee shop with great rocking chairs posing as an internet café with stacks of dusty board games. While there, I continued my love affair with blueberry soda.
I have fallen in the love with the shore path that winds along the far eastern edge of town. It’s dotted with beautiful old homes, incredible gardens and rocky beaches. We walked it for the second or third time this morning, coffees in hand and content after a breakfast of blueberry muffins fresh from the oven and baked with local wild blueberries.
We came to Maine with the intention of hiking and today we did just that. We started the morning at the summit of Cadillace Mountain and then covered the 3+ mile Ocean Trail. We lunched on the pink granite rocks jutting out over Thunder Hole and then trekked around Eagle Lake, a near 7 mile loop.
Today was a beautiful summer day where I found myself captivated by beautiful flowers and sea breezes. At sunset we hopped aboard a 151′ 4-masted schooner called the Margaret Todd for a lovely evening cruise where the sound of laughter and a softly strummed guitar left us with giant smiles spread from ear to ear.
This morning we were up early and off to explore. I found a great iced coffee on the village pier and then, having found a great free Bar Harbor map in a local bookstore, we let the day take us where it would. An old church with Tiffany stained glass windows and the summit of Cadillac Mountain in Acadia National Park did not disappoint our adventurous spirit.
It was during the bleak cold of February that we decided to honeymoon in Bar Harbor, Maine. We drove ten hours to arrive around dinner, partake of our first lobster and head out to explore. We are staying in a tiny little cabin overlooking the ocean where we are told the tide rises and falls dramatically each day.
