Our shorter trip up to Mount Desert Island which houses Bar Harbour was a wonderful experience. The National Park lands on the Island were traveled extensively and we started with two visits to Cadillac Mountain....our first trip up on day one found the highest point on the island and boy, was it windy and cold at the top. This area is apparently the FIRST place sunrise is visible in the lower 48 States.....at least in the early months of the year. Naturally, we had to experience it for ourselves, so got up the hill the next morning for sunrise at 0502....again, naturally, it was cloudy for us, but did manage so sneak a peek of the rising sun!
As you can see, we were not the only ones....it was cold and everyone was taking shelter from the wind along the rows of rock at the top!
The park area is quite beautiful and quite extensive....we were surprised to learn that most of the land for the park was acquired as bequests from private citizens in an effort to preserve some of the natural beauty....of course we are talking names like Rockefeller and the like...
The weather was not exactly spectacular as we did get rained on a fair bit...our trip up Cadillac mountain was the best morning we could have chosen! All in all, our explorations were very interesting and we can see why it is a popular destination!
We had our FIRST lobster dinner in Bar Harbour and everyone really enjoyed the experience!
We will have to compare this experience with a PEI lobster and see if we can taste the difference!
Some of the rocky coast in the Park...this spot called Thunder Rock was impressive with the sounds of waves crashing in!
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