Bar Harbor, Main
We arrived early in the morning at Bar Harbor and, after a leisurely breakfast on board, we boarded the ships tender to the quaint little town. For this port we decided to try a shore excursion so we booked a 2 1/2 hour trolley tour of Acadia National park and Thunder hole. Since the tour departed at 1 PM we had about 3 hours to explore the town and have a lobster lunch. And explore we did; we went into just about every store just to see what they offered. The Queen Mary 2 is the last ship calling on Bar Harbor this season so there was a lot of ‘sales’ going on but we really did not find anything that we could do without. After shopping we were hungry so we went to Geddy’s restaurant for what we thought would be a lobster roll. Instead we decided to split a bowl of Clam Chowder and a whole lobster.
Tim looked at the drink menu after his beer came and saw that they had a locally brewed Blueberry beer; he asked if he could have a sample and when it was brought to the table it had blueberry’s floating in it and he could smell the blueberries. Tim got one taste of beer and Diane tasted the rest. The lunch was very good Tim ate 99 percent of the lobster and Diane the other 1 percent
Tim Waiting for his lobster lunch
At 1 PM we boarded the trolley and listened to the driver describe what we would see on the tour. Our first stop was Thunder Hole which is the ocean rushing into a very tight space in the shoreline rocks and the result is thunder like noise. We took a few photos at this stop.
Thunder Hole
We continued on to Jordan’s Pond, which is a Coffee/Gift shop with the only bathrooms that were open on the whole tour. We purchased some trinkets and a bottle of Blueberry soda. The soda believe it or not did taste of Blueberry.
After leaving Jordan’s pond we continued up the road to climb Cadillac Mountain, which is the highest coastal mountain between Main and the southern portion of South America. The climb was very gentle first on a winding road, as we neared the top the views grew more spectacular and the open space next to the road grew steeper. Diane was hanging on for dear life and telling the driver to stop talking and pay attention to his driving. That statement brought a big laugh from the rest of the trolley passengers. Once we reached the top we were treated to a brisk cold breeze and beautiful views. Mt Cadillac is the first place to see a sunrise in the US.
This is a view from Mt Cadillac. After taking several photo’s we departed on our ride down the mountain to return to Bar Harbor and our floating hotel, which you can see in the middle of the photo above.
Before boarding the tenders back to the ship Diane did some quick last minute shopping and Tim purchased a Lobster roll to bring back to the ship for snack later.
Our day complete in Bar Harbor we returned to our cabin onboard and dropped off our purchases and then went to the Kings Court for a daily ice cream cone. For dinner we had planned on eating in world famous Todd English restaurant; this requires advanced reservations and cost $30 per person. The ambience of this restaurant is very nice and the food is superb. The reason we chose this night to eat a special dinner was to celebrate the victory of the Minnesota Vikings over the Green Bay Packers football team. For dinner Diane had a Pork tenderloin and Tim a nice beef medallion, for desert we had a carrot cake that did not look like cake at all; we wish we had our camera with so we could share the photo.
Tomorrow Halifax, Nova Scotia
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