Bar Harbor and Mount Desert Island, Maine

Bar Harbor, Maine

On Saturday we drove to Bar Harbor and visited our favorite wooden lobster holding an ice cream cone (we first took pictures with him 5 years ago). We walked down to the actual harbor of Bar Harbor, took some more pictures and wandered aimlessly. The Maine weather has not abated (mostly rain with some clearing at some point during the days), so picture-taking was less than ideal. But what a pretty island anyway! We picked up a snack at the Little Notch Bakery and blueberry ice cream cones at the Rexall Drug Store (so much cheaper than the ice cream shops!!!).

Near Bass Harbor Lighthouse

Next we toured around the rest of Mount Desert Island, where Bar Harbor is but only one of many little adorable towns. We drove through Seawall, Manset, Southwest Harbor, Bass Harbor, Hall Quarry and Somesville.

Bass Harbor Lighthouse

We stopped by the Bass Harbor Head Lighthouse at the southern tip of the island and hiked on a little trail overlooking Bass Harbor and Blue Hill Bay. Again, what a beautiful sight, but such a gray day to visit. Oh well. Check out more pictures of the island at AcadiaMagic.com. I wish we had had such nice weather!

Seawall, Maine

Acadia National Park

On our way back to Ellsworth, we stopped at one of the many, many farmstands in this area selling wild Maine blueberries (argh...we couldn't find them at all the day before!). We had seen a sign earlier in the day at a farmstand selling a quart of blueberries for $3.50, but at the place we stopped, the gentleman wanted $6/quart. Ken told him about the other farmstand and was told "if you can find them that cheap, I'll give you a free quart." Ken (never one to run from a challenge) found the $3.50/quart place (or 2 quarts for $6!), bought the two quarts, returned to the challenger and collected our free quart. Score! Wow, 3 quarts of blueberries for $6...nice.

SCORE!

We celebrated our take with some Sea Dog Blue Paw Wheat Ale, a locally made seasonal blueberry ale that we both highly recommend if you can find it. Yum yum!