Above Sand Beach; Finishing the Loop Road

Maine Week Travelog #4
Acadia National Park - Monday, 14 Jun 2021, 9pm.

The trail we saw leading up from Sand Beach (see previous blog) did exactly what we hoped it would. It took us to the ridge above the beach where we'd spotted some people climbing on the rocks. Since we could see them from the beach it meant we could see the beach from the rocky perch....



The trail continued further than this. Our map showed it went all the way out to the end of the rocky point, maybe another half mile. We didn't come prepared for that much of a hike; our gear was in the car, and we intended to finish the park loop road before dark, so after this went down to the car to resume our drive.

The rest of the loop road wasn't as scenic as this. Yeah, there were miles of coastline with rocky ledges, but we see those near home. Then fog started to roll in so we made few additional stops until we were out of the park— and stopping for dinner back in town.

South of the (Canadian) Border

We ate dinner at the one Mexican restaurant in town. Yeah, we know, eating dinner where "South of the Border" means we're less than 100 miles south of Canada is a dicey proposition. But the reviews were good and our expectations were reasonably low. That said, the food was reasonably good. The chips and salsa tasted like they came from a bag and a jar, respectively— and the jar likely was labeled "Pace"— but the sauces on the enchilada tasted genuinely homemade. Plus, after a long day, taste amplification made everything taste better.

A Soak in the Darkness

Back at the hotel we wrapped up the evening with a dip in the hot tub. The pool and hot tub supposedly have a commanding view over the ocean. After dark, though, it's all pitch black. That made me mind less that we'd gone with a cheap room on the inland side of the hotel. As Hawk quipped when we dropped our bags there earlier in the day, "My goal is to spend as little daylight sitting in the hotel as possible."

Taking it Easy in Bah Habbah

Maine Week Travelog #5
Bar Harbor - Tuesday, 15 Jun 2021, 4pm.

"We're staying in Bah Habbah," I said early and often to Hawk after we booked this trip to Maine. "That's how the locals pronounce it," I explained after she rolled her eyes. Then today we saw this little number in several places downtown when we went out for lunch:



It's on t-shirts (the pic above is a t-shirt), it's on signs around town.

We had time to wander around town today because the weather has been too crummy to want to hike, or even sightsee from the car, in Acadia National Park. There was fog in all morning. After lunch it started to rain. We didn't let that stop us from being outdoors; we still wandered around town with our rain jackets on. We even stopped for ice cream after lunch because crummy cool and rainy weather or not, this is supposed to be our summer vacation. 😅🍦😋

We're back at our hotel now waiting out the weather to see if it improves late in the day. The rain stopped a bit ago so we went out for a soak in the hot tub. Now the fog is lifting— leaving the sky merely cloudy— so we might try going out for a short hike in the park in a bit.