On our second day, we accomplished quite a bit. We got up early to drive into Bar Harbor for a lighthouse boat tour. It was freezing, but we stuck it out. At one point, we were the only people on the top deck of the boat.
As we got back to the house, the moon was beautiful. I was able to capture some great pictures with my Canon.
The tour was call “Lighthouses of Acadia”.
The first shot of the trip was this gorgeous photo of the boats in the harbor. It is my favorite shot of the day!
I have forgotten the names of the lighthouses because I didn’t take notes that day and have since forgotten the names! One of them has trees growing so tall it is hard to see. The guide said the government cannot afford to cut the trees. Yes! That is what he said. We laughed so hard at that. With all of the taxes the government collects, it cannot afford to cut the trees. LOL
On this day, we ate at a place just up the street from the house. It was called Peter Trout’s. We had the world’s most expensive steak that took over 1 hour to cook. The kicker is that they said they would only cook it rare. You cannot make this up. They said it would take about 30 minutes. An hour and ten minutes later, we were served a cold steak and we ate it. We were hungry and we didn’t die, so there’s that. It was the only thing on the menu that did not contain wheat, so steak it was. Oh, they also served water in beer growlers. fun.
During the cruise, we saw harbor seals and a few loons, but no other wild life to speak of. This one light house on the left was a coast guard life saving station for many years. Several of the light houses are also AirBnBs, if you have the dough to pay for them. Many of the private owners get folks there by boat of helicopter….. cool if that is your thing. There are also quite a few rich and famous people who have houses there- Martha Stewart and the owner of Burt’s Bees. A bunch of of folks I really don’t care about. LOL The Vanderbilt’s and the Rockefellers donated the land for Acadia National Park.
These are the folks who spent the money to create the carriage roads, too. I sure am glad that they loved the land and were conservationists.
I always say I am going to be a better journal and take more notes on all the places we visit, but then I get caught up in the moment and forget.
My Little Red Bike 