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| Bar Harbor is named for the tide relief allowing transportation across the islands during low tide. |
Today we toured Bar Harbor Maine by way of Ole's Trolley to get the gist of the history. Bar Harbor has a sand bar that goes to the islands and people can drive and hike there when the tide is low. If they do not pay attention to the tide they lose their car, or rental car to the Atlantic Ocean. After the trolley we walked downtown and got a really good ice cream cone. They had a cruise ship in port today, so the streets and shops were very busy. After Bar Harbor we toured Acadia National Park via the drive loop for a couple of hours. Cadillac Mountain is 1530 ft above sea level and the first to get sunrise in the US. From some of the park you can view the White Mountains of New Hampshire. They have one beach called sand beach which was busy. The weather here was in the 70's, very pleasant. We traveled to Thunder Hole which brings in the water via the Atlantic, and sprays people. Today it was very calm. We then went to Otter Point, and the Jordan Pond House which housed the gift shop and a restaurant. The loop was scenic to say the least. Elwin got our National Park Pass for $10 today, since he is 62 years of age. Yeah, it beats $80 from two years ago. This time age pays, trouble is, hiking is not as easy as it used to be. Luckily all the parks have a drivable scenic route. If we have time we might do the carriage tour on the carriage roads of Acadia.
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| Ole's Trolley |
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| First National Bank has a clock made by Tiffany's. |
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Bar Harbor
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| Homes of the area. Not burned in a fire in the 1940's due to a wind shift. |
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| Older Baptist Church in Bar Harbor. |
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| Statue dedicated to Eden's sons. Bar Harbor was once named Eden after this man. |
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| Episcopal Church which has numerous stained glass windows and a burial ground of Bar Harbor sailors and locals from the 1800's and early 1900. |
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Episcopal Church of Bar Harbor.
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| Episcopal Church. |
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Love the stained glass windows of this church.
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Bar Harbor Fire Station in an old brick building.
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| Park in the center of Bar Harbor where a local band plays weekends. The players are in their 90's and have been in the band since they were teens. Amazing! |
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| Carriage tour with local horses raised on these islands. |
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Clock at the music center park of Bar Harbor. The guy in the yellow shirt is extra, and makes me look good!
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Elwin eating ice cream at the best ice cream shop around! Everything around here is about the Lobster!
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Me and the Lobster, before ice cream. Mmmm.
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| View of Bar Harbor down by the port area. |
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| Bar Harbor with ship in port. The travelers had to take a shuttle into the town. |
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Buoys used by Lobster trappers.
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| Catamaran we will take tomorrow to see the whales of the Atlantic. |
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Beginning of Acadia National Park.
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| Acadia, wow, what a view. |
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| White Mountains of New Hampshire in the background of Acadia. |
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View of beginning Acadia National Park Loop.
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Cadillac Mountain 1530 ft. above Sea Level.
Next few pictures are from Calillac Mountain.
Sand Beach of Acadia
Next few pictures are from Thunder Hole
Thunder Hole view.
Thunder Hole walkway.
Thunder Hole
Otter Point
Jordan Pond
Jordan Pond
Jordan Pond
Breathtaking trip through Acadia National Park.
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