Bar Harbor and Acadia

Our drive to Bar Harbor was not too long but we had forgotten that we would be one car and camper among many - why are all these tourists here???  Same reason we are...to see the glorious rocky coast from Acadia and view from Cadillac Mountain.  We landed at Bar Harbor Campground, a big woodsy camp with a few water views.  Best part of this campground is their refusal to take reservations: first come, first served!  Stay as long as you like!  We found a nicely wooded site that was level - first level spot in several days.  Got Hilda set up and jumped back into the car to go to Acadia.  

Nice entry to the Visitors Center - then a 52 step climb to get there!



First viewing spot on the Park Loop road.  The red sails are the Margaret Todd, a three masted schooner.

Note the fog enveloping the island on the left...

As we drove further along the road we noticed things were becoming harder to see.  Fog and more fog thicker than the down blanket of fog we encountered thirty years ago was coming down on us as we climbed higher on the way to Cadillac Mountain.  

You can walk up a trail to the top.

And here is the view!!!

Back into the car and feeling our way down to below fog level and we realized that the draw to Acadia is the possibility of maybe visiting and NOT being enveloped in thick fog.  Or maybe it is the possibility there IS a view from the top...  Looks like we will not get the answer - the rain came at 2:00AM as the weatherman had predicted and lasted until 11:00AM today.  We did get to do one favorite thing here though:

The “lobstah” was fabulous!  So was the corn and the mussels we forgot to photograph!

When the rain let up this morning we decided to drive to the western parts of the area - not the Park.  Lots and lots of charming houses and beautiful gardens and narrow roads and ways to get lost...  We did find a lighthouse - and so did all the other tourists!  Photos will tell what we found better than I can write.  The common theme?  Fog and more fog!

All very picturesque!