Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Acadia and Bar Harbor
We had another excellent day today. We had pancakes and melon for breakfast, cleaned up and then headed off to Bar Harbor (about a 50 minute drive from our campsite). We rented 6 bikes to ride around on the "carriage roads". We road 4 miles on the dirt road (with some significant climbing and descending) to Jordan Pond house which is a beautiful building in a beautiful setting (you can see the setting in the attached photo). Everyone loved their meals - the restaurant is famous for popovers which is something we make at home often so everyone was eager to try them. Then we rode about 7 miles back to town and returned the bikes. It was a beautiful ride in a picturesque setting.
Then we wondered around town where the girls did a bunch of shopping and we got ice cream comes from an amazing fudge and ice cream shop. I have a fun video from the shop that I'll push up whenever we can find time with some wi-fi.
We eventually had dinner outdoors overlooking Bar Harbor bay which was spectacular. On the way home we stopped at long pond (where we kayaked yesterday) to go for a sunset swim which we all enjoyed.
We have another full day at Acadia tomorrow, but there is so much to see and do, so I need to work on our exact plans now.

