A Visit to Acadia National Park

Hi everyone, hope you all are having a great week!

One of the highlights of our trip to Maine was visiting Acadia National Park. While we had been once before years ago, we forgot just how gorgeous it is, and somehow managed to miss alot of it!

It is even more beautiful in person than my photos can capture!  Trust me when I say it is amazing!

In the above photo, you will notice two large cruise ships.  Unfortunately they now stop at Bar Harbor nearly every day of the week, making the town pretty crowded when they are in port.  Thankfully the park itself is much less hectic!

I will let the pictures do most of the talking:)

Here's hubby, enjoying the view.  You can see for miles!

Wouldn't you love to live in this house??

Here we are at Sand Beach, also part of Acadia.  We were so excited that they now allow dogs on the beach!

We walked the beach two different days, the first being gorgeous and sunny, the second visit was pretty chilly and gray, but still beautiful non the less!

Below I snapped some "action shots" of our Katie doing one of her favorite tricks, playing "catch the feather".

 She is quite the little acrobat and can really jump high!

(Not to mention get very tangled in her leash!)

We also visited Bass Harbor Head lighthouse.

It is perched on a rocky cliff, surrounded by tall pine trees.  What a romantic setting!

 I found the photo below on line.  Isn't it gorgeous at sunset??

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While many were venturing way out on the rocks for photos, I don't like heights, or climbing on rocks!!

So this is as far as I got for my pic!

Of course what is a trip without a little retail therapy?  We stopped in the nearby town of Northeast Harbor, which is a tiny and oh so quaint little fishing village.

I just loved this cute shop, below!

Inside this super cool giant lobster print is the first thing you see.  Love!

I was also loving the beautiful hooked wool rugs and pillows.  They were quite pricy, so none of them came home with me!

I just had to snap this shot of the other side of the street.  They must have known I was coming, and decided to paint their fence the same beautiful shade of aqua blue as the awning (love that color!!).

Isn't this white wicker furniture adorable?  It was sitting outside a very, very full antique shop.  So full that I had a hard time walking inside.  I was so afraid that I would knock something over, so I quickly walked out!

I have even more photos of our trip that I will be sharing again soon!
Thanks so much for coming along on my little tour:)

Greetings From Maine!

Hi everyone!

We just returned from two weeks of camping in our motor home on the East Coast, and I have many photos to share of our trip!

 The highlight of our vacation was our time spent in Maine.  Here Katie and I are playing "peek-a-boo" in the quaint fishing village of Belfast, where we stopped and shared a grilled crab and cheese sandwich for lunch.  Yum!

 It was a bit cool and overcast, and since no one else was sitting on the patio, they let us bring Katie to a table.

 We spent 5 nights camping in Bar Harbor, which was our very favorite!

Below you will see the bay, a breathtaking view of islands, mountains, and pretty boats.

 A beautiful inn right on the water.

 Their landscaping was just gorgeous!

 Hubby in a charming gazebo.  I just love all of the gingerbread trim!

 I couldn't resist snapping a shot of this cute pastry shop!

 Maine must be famous for their "whoopie pies", as they are everywhere!

My mom used to make these when I was a little girl, but we always called them "whoopie cookies".  Makes my mouth water just thinking about it!

 This is our campsite where we spent 5 wonderful nights.  We first stayed here at this very campground 8 years ago, on our first big trip in our old motor home.

 And this was our view looking out the window!  Frenchman's Bay, which opens to the sea.

I just loved the mountains in the distance.  I snapped this shot at sunset.  We faced eastward, but were lucky to have a beautiful sky each night as the sun went down.

 The highlight of our entire trip was our visit to Acadia National Park, on Mount Desert Island.  We loved it the first time we visited, and knew we wanted to come back again one day.  We are so glad we did!  It is even more beautiful than we remember!!

Below is hubby and Katie (she was having a blast!), with stunning views of the sea, islands, and pine trees.

 We had a delicious seafood dinner one night, just down the road.

It was right on the water, and the views were amazing.

 (A goofy shot of me!)

I have many more photos to share in upcoming posts, including lots more of Acadia, the quaint little fishing villages that make up Mount Desert Island, and even a visit to a "Castle in the Clouds" mansion in New Hampshire!

Stay tuned:)

Have a great weekend!