Maine!!!

We were so excited to finally get here!! Even thinking about it now makes me want to go back. It was beautiful. We could have spent much more time there but we hadn't planned on it and we didn't think we would enjoy it so much. Our plan was to just go into Maine, stay along the coast, eat some fresh lobster and head back out.

The first big city we got to we stopped at a couple different places, including an Orvis store, where the man told us we had to go to Acadia National Park. We were not planning to go there because it seemed like a little too far. Thanks to our National Park Pass it would be free anyways so we went. We were sooooooo........... glad we did. It was beautiful. I will post the whole Maine album on Facebook so you can get the full experience. It is difficult to remember all the names of the places and landmarks but I will describe them as best I can.


Along the coastline there was this rock inlet called "Thunder Hole" During high tide when the water comes in and hits the rock the water can shoot 40 feet in the air. Unfortunately we missed high tide by a few hours but it was still cool to see the rock and imagine what it could do. We also drove to the summit of this mountain that overlooked the water and the town of Bar Harbor. It was beautiful. We had fun taking pictures and enjoying all the scenery. It was quite windy but still a wonderful view.












After all the sightseeing we were ready for our lobster. Bar Harbor was a nice, quaint town. There are well known for both their seafood and the blueberries. They even brew a blueberry soda. We went to a nice restaurant near the water for dinner. Dean ordered the lobster and I ordered shrimp. The last time we had lobster was at Red Lobster and it was not that good. This lobster was AMAZING!!!! It was quite a messy undertaking but Dean cleaned that lobster up. My shrimp was equally delicious as was my blueberry soda. We had blueberry pie for dessert but it was not that great. Not as good as grandmas. We walked along the water and enjoyed the shops and ambiance of this Maine community.







We did not see any wildlife other than birds. We wanted to see a Moose so badly. When we were at Yellowstone a lady from Maine was saying how she sees moose all the time. Well, we didn't see any!