Bar Harbor-Day 7

Our day started out leaving Rockport and driving up the coast on Hwy 1. There are lots of small quaint towns that you drive through all the way to Bar Harbor. Our first stop after going through Belfast, was Fort Point Lighthouse.
This is the front side view and.......

 This is from the back. After leaving there we went to Searsport and tried to stop and see some friends of Roma & Dave Wharton at this.........

 cute little ice cream parlor, but they weren't open yet. When we were here 3 years ago, we stopped in and visited with them and got free lobster rolls from them. Probably the best I have ever had. When we were up there before they had purchased an old train car and was refurbishing it into a dining car and......................

 now it is all finished and we really wanted to see it, but had to move on toward Bar Harbor, and along the route we came across..

 this cool bridge................

 After getting to Bar Harbor we ate lunch, yep lobster again and walked around the city. A beautiful town and the weather was perfect. This is a lighthouse way off the coast and this is the.......

 town. These two pics are all of hotel that covers the whole street.

 All up and down the side streets are neat little shops.......

 This is a look at the bay from where we were eating.

 This is why Bar Harbor got the name. At low tide you can actually drive and walk across this bar for a short period of time during the day.

 After leaving there we went and found a room and it is facing the bay. Beautiful view. This is a schooner you can take a tour on.

 And at last this is the sunrise this morning. We had a nice breakfast here at the hotel and now are about to go explore Acadia National Park. So until next blog we are off in the pony again.

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