Lobster...anyone?

We arrived in Portland, Maine from JFK late Tuesday morning. We quickly picked-up our Saturn Vue rental SUV and made the 3 hour drive to Bar Harbor. On the drive to Bar Harbor, the colors were beautiful...lots of yellows and reds and light greens. There was a lot of road constuction going on...I guess with a limited window, they need to get it done quickly.

We arrived in Bar Harbor a bit too early to check into the hotel and we were hungry so we decided to try a lobster roll place, the Lobster Claw, we saw on Yelp. The place was a hole in the wall and primarily a take-out place. Lucky for us (since it was about 55 degrees), one of the three tables (using the word "table" may be overstating it...maybe more like a folding TV tray) was available. We each ordered a cup of clam chowder and a lobster roll. The chowder was excellent...lots of clams and not too creamy...just right. The lobster roll was good...not exceptional. I would dare to say that the Old Port Lobster Shack (http://www.oplobster.com/)in Redwood City has a better lobster roll...primarily because I think their "rolls" are better and the mayonaisse mix is better...this one today was a bit "naked". The other thing about the Lobster Claw was that of the 6 people in the restaurant (including Rosie and I), 4 of them were just chatting incessantly about nothing, so the ambiance left a bit to be desired.

After lunch, Rosie and I drove to the hotel, the Bayview Inn (http://www.thebayviewbarharbor.com/). The hotel is very nice, a bit dated, but the rooms are large and the staff was very nice. They even left us a bottle of champagne in the room since it was our honeymoon...now to figure out what to do with it. See the view from our room! It's very pretty and peaceful. After checking into the hotel, Rosie and I did one of our favorite pastimes...napped. When we woke up, we did some internet research on what to do on Wednesday and also on where to eat dinner on Tuesday. We also got an email from our wedding photographer that our proofs were ready to be viewed. So we spent some time looking at wedding photos. The photos look good so that is good. We went to dinner at a place recommended by the hotel staff called McKay's Public House (http://mckayspublichouse.com/). Rosie and I split some crab cake appetizers and a McKay salad. The crab cakes were alright. The salad was good except for a bit too much white truffle oil. For entrees, Rosie ordered the cioppino and I ordered lobster mac & cheese. Rosie really like her cioppino; my mac and cheese was good but a bit over-salted for my taste. After dinner we walked around town a bit and then headed back to the hotel...and are now about to call it a night!