I want to share with you an email that my sis in law sent me about her and my brothers vacation in Maine..........I WANT TO GO TO MAINE NOW! It's my kind of vacation!
"Hey howdy!!!!!! It was absolutely spectacular!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is a trip you guys definitely need to make some day. The coast of Maine is absolutely breathtaking. And Acadia was wonderful. We took 2 rolls of film and I hope they all come out. Some days it was very foggy. You can see the fog literally rolling in over the bay. We did a whale watch and yes we saw quite a few whales. They did that thing where their tails come out of the water and you can see the flukes when they dive. Talk about a beautiful sight. Then they took us past where puffins nest and we saw quite a few of those. We also went on a nature cruise and saw lots of harbor seals and several bald eagles. That one took us past Egg Rock lighthouse and we got pictures of that (in the fog of course). We took a sailboat ride one afternoon on a boatl called the Margaret Todd. It was neat because they asked for volunteers to help raise the sails.(which it had 4). Quite a production. We had a lobster dinner…..whole lobster. We had to ask the waitress what to do having never done this ourselves. And it was delicious!!!!!!!!!! I wasnâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]t sure how Iâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]d like lobster but it was worth it. Bar Harbor has an absolutely picturesque downtown, lots of little shops and restaurants right on the waterfront. It truly looks like a post card that Norman Rockwell would paint. Thersâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]s all kind of boats out in the harbor and tons of buoys that mark the lobster traps. One day we drove down to Bass Harbor and saw the lighthouse there…….had to climb out on the rocks to do it. Got some pictures but couldnâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]t go thru it because someone lives there. We didnâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]t go to Nova Scotia. The CAT which ferries people over there was just down the street from our hotel. However, it would have been 3 hours over and 3 hours back and for the tours they wanted over 100$ per person and we just didnâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]t want to spend that for one outing. At Acadia we took a horse-drawn carriage ride in the park. We went to the top of Cadillac Mountain, the highest point on the Eastern coast. We stopped and took quite a few pictures of the different attractions in the park, like Thunder Hole, Sand Beach and other different spots. Blueberries are big up there too, so weâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]re quite blueberried out. They also have a Shore path that runs along the coast. We walked along that and got some pictures. Breathtaking is the only word I can think of. This was a vacation unlike the others weâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]ve had. We couldnâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]t decide which was more beautiful, Bar Harbor or San Fransisco
"Hey howdy!!!!!! It was absolutely spectacular!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is a trip you guys definitely need to make some day. The coast of Maine is absolutely breathtaking. And Acadia was wonderful. We took 2 rolls of film and I hope they all come out. Some days it was very foggy. You can see the fog literally rolling in over the bay. We did a whale watch and yes we saw quite a few whales. They did that thing where their tails come out of the water and you can see the flukes when they dive. Talk about a beautiful sight. Then they took us past where puffins nest and we saw quite a few of those. We also went on a nature cruise and saw lots of harbor seals and several bald eagles. That one took us past Egg Rock lighthouse and we got pictures of that (in the fog of course). We took a sailboat ride one afternoon on a boatl called the Margaret Todd. It was neat because they asked for volunteers to help raise the sails.(which it had 4). Quite a production. We had a lobster dinner…..whole lobster. We had to ask the waitress what to do having never done this ourselves. And it was delicious!!!!!!!!!! I wasnâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]t sure how Iâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]d like lobster but it was worth it. Bar Harbor has an absolutely picturesque downtown, lots of little shops and restaurants right on the waterfront. It truly looks like a post card that Norman Rockwell would paint. Thersâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]s all kind of boats out in the harbor and tons of buoys that mark the lobster traps. One day we drove down to Bass Harbor and saw the lighthouse there…….had to climb out on the rocks to do it. Got some pictures but couldnâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]t go thru it because someone lives there. We didnâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]t go to Nova Scotia. The CAT which ferries people over there was just down the street from our hotel. However, it would have been 3 hours over and 3 hours back and for the tours they wanted over 100$ per person and we just didnâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]t want to spend that for one outing. At Acadia we took a horse-drawn carriage ride in the park. We went to the top of Cadillac Mountain, the highest point on the Eastern coast. We stopped and took quite a few pictures of the different attractions in the park, like Thunder Hole, Sand Beach and other different spots. Blueberries are big up there too, so weâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]re quite blueberried out. They also have a Shore path that runs along the coast. We walked along that and got some pictures. Breathtaking is the only word I can think of. This was a vacation unlike the others weâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]ve had. We couldnâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]t decide which was more beautiful, Bar Harbor or San Fransisco