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| Rocky shoreline at Acadia NP |
Nevada Barr writes some of my favorite novels with National Park Ranger Anna Pigeon as heroine. The first I read called "Deep South" featured Natchez Trace and the last one I sat up late finishing was set in Acadia National Park, Maine, on "Boar Island."
The actual location of Boar Island is southwest of Newfoundland, but is named as one of the deserted islands in the National Park in Nevada Barr's novel.
Since reading Boar Island and knowing we were going to make the north and east trek this fall, I envisioned Acadia National Park as Barr had described it. The experience was all I hoped it would be.
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| Our 2-night stay with a moose and bigfoot |
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| coffee on the balcony |
Our hotel featured an ocean view from a private balcony. We did not get accommodations in Bar Harbor at any of the $400 per night, ridiculously priced hotels. Instead, our two night stay found us about three miles from the park entrance at Acadia Ocean View Motel. It was a delightful experience and the quaint (not oldy, moldy), hotel offered exactly what we needed.
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| Jordan's for breakfast |
Everything about Acadia National Park and Bar Harbor is beautiful, charming, yet rugged and rocky. The fresh seafood is marvelous and we enjoyed it at two different restaurants right on the coastline. Cruise ships sailed into port and anchored out from the sand bar (thus the name Bar Harbor), bringing passengers in by excursion boats and transferring them to tour buses. Shops cater to tourists with souvenirs, tshirts and sweatshirts, in all price ranges. The shops, however, close around 6 PM and the fall season is somewhat limited due to weather.
Jordan's Restaurant opens for breakfast with a steady stream of customers sitting at tables and in booths. They serve plenty of coffee and options containing my new favorite: Wild Maine Blueberries. They may be used in pie, pancakes, muffins, or as ice cream topping, Oh, yes - so delicious - I enjoyed a muffin with my scrambled eggs. (I thought of the book If You Give a Moose a Muffin) Everyone gets ready to leave the Bar Harbor tourist scene after Columbus Day, October 14.
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| Thunder Bay |
At Acadia National Park is where our story of The Bubbles takes place. At Acadia is where Thunder Bay draws oooohs and aaaaahs. Here is where we drove (not hiked) to the top of Cadillac Mountain, highest point on the eastern coastline of the Americas. At the crest is where the sun hits the mountaintop first.
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| Thunder Bay |
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| Thunder Bay |
I'd planned to be on Cadillac Mountain for sunrise, but the fall weather which blustered in with 30 degree temps kept me in my warm bed. At 6 AM, however, I stumbled to the window, peeped through the curtain, and saw the red glow of sunrise. That sighting counts.
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| Cadillac Mountain - highest and most northern point on Eastern seacoast |
Nevada Barr writes some of my favorite novels with National Park Ranger Anna Pigeon as heroine. The first I read called "Deep South" featured Natchez Trace and the last one I sat up late finishing was set in Acadia National Park, Maine, on "Boar Island."
I'd planned to be on Cadillac Mountain for sunrise, but the fall weather which blustered in with 30 degree temps kept me in my warm bed. At 6 AM, however, I stumbled to the window, peeped through the curtain, and saw the red glow of sunrise. That sighting counts.
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