Bar Harbor, Maine is such a beautiful area and we were soooo excited to return and be able to stay for FOUR WEEKS! Acadia National Park is gorgeous, the town center is so beautiful and the ice cream is fantastic! We are already thinking about when we can come back.
We stayed at Bar Harbor Campground, which is the closest campground into the national park and has full hook-ups. There is a free shuttle bus system that you can ride from the campgrounds, into the national park or into the town center. It's so nice because parking in Bar Harbor and in the national park can be difficult.
The kids enjoyed their stay here but not as much as I had hoped. The pool was too cold for Jordan and so she couldn't last more than about 15 minutes. I really tried to plug into the local community but as much as I tried, I could not find them!! Even hung out at the local swimming hole and rarely saw anyone. Where are the people?!
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| (Trying to warm up after being in the pool) |
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| (Glen Mary Wading Pool-only 2 feet deep and freezes over in the winter for skating) |
The closest we got to locals was Circus Camp. The camp is only there 2 weeks out of the summer and we were lucky enough to be there during that time. I actually had to convince Jordan to go. I knew she would enjoy it. Turns out, she LOVED it. She enjoyed the activities and enjoyed being with her new friends. After it was over, the owner/teacher was amazed to find out that Jordan hadn't known the other girls prior to camp. He said from the way they acted, he assumed that they had been lifelong friends!
Another fun thing that we had not done before was Diver Ed's Dive-In Theater. For this, you go out on a boat with Diver Ed and his diving buddy, Mini Ed (a playmobil character). They dive down with a camera and microphone so that we can see what they are finding and where and hear the commentary. After collecting a few creatures he returns to the boat to show all of the kids and teach them a few things about it. It was fun and educational. Where else can you get your hair combed by a lobster and have a sea cucumber spray all over you?!
But the MOST exciting days were when my mom and Aunt Judy came to see us! We had four full days to spend with them. We took them into the park, including the Schoodic area, showed them around Bar Harbor, had lobster with them, visited the lobster hatchery and took them to the top three ice cream shops in the area (pics below).
I have to mention that we tested out all 6 ice cream shops in Bar Harbor prior to their arrival. You know, so they could have the best 😋. AND we went to an ice cream making tour. By the end of our stay in Bar Harbor, I had eaten ice cream at least 14 times! YIKES!)
We made THREE pints of ice cream at Udder Heaven (above) and the owner let us keep our ice cream in their freezer (since RV freezers are quite tiny) and when we wanted some, we just walked up there and they scooped it for us. So fun!
This will be hard to narrow down but here are some of my favorite pics from our stay:
Little Hunter Beach:
Climbing the Beehive Summit Trail:
Sand Beach:
View from the North Bubble:
Thunder Hole:
Having lobster at Thurston's Lobster Pound:
Observing the gorgeous scenery at Schoodic Point:
Collecting sea stars at Tidal Falls:
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| (Jacob is teaching someone all about sea stars) |
So, it was another fun visit to Bar Harbor. I know we will be back some day to take in more of this beautiful place (and ice cream)! But for now, we will move on to Vermont.
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