Great breakfast again, with Blueberry pancakes – I got 4 of them, kind of puny but good. Walked down to the square and took the 9am bus to Sand Beach. Walked across the beach (the longest stretch of sand in Maine and it’s not very big) and hiked up the Great Head trail. Rock scrambling at the start. There were views on top and we could see the fog offshore coming in. It got quite close to the shore and then backed out again. It was sunny, with blue skies and not too hot – great day, blessed again. A group from Portland showed us what a blueberry bush looked like (we had been walking through them without knowing) and showed us the little bitty blueberries. (See the picture) There were some ripe ones. On the way back to the bus stop, we walked down a very pleasant forest lane – the weather was very nice – perfect!
The bus took us back to Bar Harbor – got there a little after noon. We walked back to the B&B, stopping at the Church with the Tiffany windows. That showed us that not all Tiffany windows are created equal. They did not seem to match up well with what we saw in Staunton. Our next trip was across the bar to Bar Island – low tide was at 1:20. You can see the exposed bar in the photo. There was a cruise ship in port dumping about 2000 people into town, so the bar was well populated. Turns out that cruise ships show up every day or so and sometimes there are 3 or 4 in port. Walked to the top of Bar Island – hot and cold, near the water it was cold enough for a sweater.
Back in town we went to the Jordan café, apparently known for its blueberry pancakes and all day breakfasts – which I got. Goooood. At the B&B, we spent the afternoon (about 3 on) reading about Maine and planning our next legs, reserving a room in Thomaston. Had one of the beers I bought the other night. We did this all out on the patio – nice. Dinner was at the “This Way Café” we had heard about from some folks at the B&B – I had an eggplant Sheppard’s Pie, which really wasn’t but it was good. Sue had almond crusted Halibut also very good. And blueberry pie and ice cream for dessert – we are so bad. Walked downtown for Sue to get a book – she finished the one Sal had given me for Father’s Day. Took the path along the water at dusk and back to
the B&B. The picture is one of the four masted schooner coming back into harbor at sunset with the fog drifting over the islands in the background. What a place!
The bus took us back to Bar Harbor – got there a little after noon. We walked back to the B&B, stopping at the Church with the Tiffany windows. That showed us that not all Tiffany windows are created equal. They did not seem to match up well with what we saw in Staunton. Our next trip was across the bar to Bar Island – low tide was at 1:20. You can see the exposed bar in the photo. There was a cruise ship in port dumping about 2000 people into town, so the bar was well populated. Turns out that cruise ships show up every day or so and sometimes there are 3 or 4 in port. Walked to the top of Bar Island – hot and cold, near the water it was cold enough for a sweater.
Back in town we went to the Jordan café, apparently known for its blueberry pancakes and all day breakfasts – which I got. Goooood. At the B&B, we spent the afternoon (about 3 on) reading about Maine and planning our next legs, reserving a room in Thomaston. Had one of the beers I bought the other night. We did this all out on the patio – nice. Dinner was at the “This Way Café” we had heard about from some folks at the B&B – I had an eggplant Sheppard’s Pie, which really wasn’t but it was good. Sue had almond crusted Halibut also very good. And blueberry pie and ice cream for dessert – we are so bad. Walked downtown for Sue to get a book – she finished the one Sal had given me for Father’s Day. Took the path along the water at dusk and back to
the B&B. The picture is one of the four masted schooner coming back into harbor at sunset with the fog drifting over the islands in the background. What a place!I got internet service on the Blackberry today for the first time on the trip, so checked mail – that had also helped us find the next place to stay.
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