The Bayview Hotel has a continental breakfast so we ate breakfast at the hotel. They have homemade baked goods like blueberry scones, a range of muffins, and pastries, served with homemade jam. All very good. An excellent way to start the day.
We spent most of the day today at the Acadia National Forest. It's really beautiful with all the autumn leaves and creeks, ponds, and peaks. See the pictures! We walked and drove around and we're glad that we didn't take a guided tour. The weather is about as perfect as can be. Sunny and no wind, but cold enough so that you don't get all hot when you walk around. Notice I said walk and not hike. Yeah, we are not hiking people.
We had lunch a place called the Jordan Pond House. It's the only restaurant inside the Acadia forest and it used to be a tea house but is now a full fledged restaurant. Their specialties are popovers and lobster stew and we can tell you that both are very good and worth ordering. You sit outside, the food is great, and the view is spectacular.
After lunch, we drove up to Cadillac Mountain. It's supposedly the highest peak on the Eastern Seaboard between Canada and Brazil. We took a lot of photos and even saw a couple of bald eagles. They were too lazy to fly. They were just perched on a branch but neat to see just the same.
After the Acadia Forest, we went in to town in Bar Harbor. Bar Harbor is big into blueberries and Rosie has discovered blueberry soda. We had some for dinner last night at McKay's and have since bought some more. In fact, eating some blueberry pie as we are blogging. Tomorrow, we are thinking of stopping by the brewery that makes the blueberry soda and maybe buying some more.
We walked around town but it's a total tourist trap with all the people from the cruise ships walking around. There were Christmas stores but very sad ones. Nothing much to tell, it's like any other beach town tourist trap.
We went to a really cool place for dinner. It's called Trenton Bridge Lobster Pound. You go in, select your lobsters, they weigh them, and then they take them outside to steam them in wood burning steamers. We had lobsters with some steamed clams and coleslaw. Rick says it was the best lobster he had ever had. It was REALLY good and cheap too. Only $8.95 a pound. We each got a 1 1/2 lb lobster. The only down side is that it's a really small place so there are not enough tables, so you end up sitting with other people. Yeah, we don't like that.
After dinner it is back to the hotel. We picked up some cookies on our way upstairs. Today's flavor is raspberry thumbprint. The cookies here are very good. Deb, you would love them!
2 comments:
Rosie, you didn't like to be seated with a group of strangers? I thought that was something you really enjoyed! Too bad I wasn't with you at that time!
The blueberry pop sounds good. Does it actually taste like blueberry? I love lobster, but never order it because it is too expensive. I think Tim and I need to head to that area and check it out.
It is so great that the sun is out for your trip. I makes the colors so much more vibrant. There were lots of clouds when we were in Acadia three years ago. Can't wait to see all of your pictures. Dad's jealous of all the blueberry goodies you're getting to eat. The lobster too :)
Have fun in Canada
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