We have made it to our primary destination of Acadia National Park!We made a brief stop at an RV Service firm in Ellsworth, ME and worked out a solution to our equipment issue. Then he met us about an hour later at our RV park to help us get the trailer and truck disconnected from each other.
Now we have transportation while we tour Acadia National Park & the Bar Harbor area and wait for the needed parts to arrive.
And due to this and a bit of rain we have decided to extend our stay here a few more days.
Day 2 gets off to an early start in Acadia for the day.
We start with an early drive to the top of Cadillac Mountain where at 1530 ft it's a pretty cool morning but the views are pretty spectacular. Bar Harbor is at the lower left.
Then a stop at a nature center at a place called the Wild Gardens of Acadia and a hike on the Emery Path at Dorr Mtn. We only went part way up ...
A stop at Sand Beach is next where there is actually a lot of swimming going on. Brrr
Here we take a hike on the trail that loops around the wooded point in the background above called Great Head Point.
And we end the day at a restaurant in Bar Harbor where Mary gets her first Maine Lobster ... Yum
The following days we take a ride on the old system of Rockefeller carriage roads on the island open only to carriages, horses, bicycles and foot traffic. The peace and quiet is really nice.
The stone bridges are really very cool. There are something like 23 of them all total.
And there are several magnificent gardens just outside the park boundary.
On two different occasions we went to the restaurant at Jordan Pond for their world famous popovers. Early visitors of the Rockefellers would stop at Jordan Pond during their carriage rides for afternoon tea and popovers on the lawn overlooking the water.
More Yum!
The Bar Harbor Inn has a terrific outdoor cafe on the lawn overlooking the harbor where we had an early dinner and watched the departure of that day's cruise ship - Holland America's MS Maasdam.
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