Day 4 New England Fall Colors Cruise - Part 1

Good morning Bar Harbor Maine and welcome October.  We set anchor in the harbor around 7:00 this morning.  Once again a very comfortable night of sailing.  The skies are gray today with a mist in the air.  Temperatures are in the 50’s but that is why we packed jackets.  The views from our balcony are so serene today - no houses, no boats, no people, just the dark islands of trees spotting the dark water.

After a quick breakfast at the buffet we headed to get our tickets for the tender.  We had scheduled a whale watching adventure but due to the weather it had to be cancelled.  We considered a bus tour to Acadia National Park but with the constant mist and lack of fall colors we will just wander the streets of Bar Harbor.  It is a lovely town.

Bar Harbor only has 5000 or so people and when not inundated with tourists is a quiet lobster fishing town.  Bar Harbor is know for lobster and blueberries so off we went to find the best of both.  

We wandered the streets for a few hours walking in and out of the many tourist shops.  I found the most amazing milk chocolate, blueberry and sea salt bark on a little side street called The Chocolate Moose.  

Among the shops of the Main Street we found a quaint Inn covered in ivy and surrounded by attractive colorful gardens.  After taking a pic for ourselves a couple walked up and we took a cute vacation pic of the two of them for their album of memories.

Even with the light fine mist this was a beautiful day for walking.  We found a pretty little park that gave us a view back at our ship.  It looked so out of place in a harbor filled with so much nature.  Other harbors have been dotted with personal sail boats and commercial watercraft.  Bar Harbor is more serene and quiet.

Bar Harbor offered many options for lunch.  We settled on The West Street Cafe.  I got my lobster and my husband once again tried the local fish and chips.  My lobster was not only fun to eat but quite delicious.  We shared a piece of warm blueberry pie for dessert.  Not to be negative but the prices did not match Yelp at all.  I’m sure they are quite inflated during tourist/cruise season.  This was one of the few places we have stopped so far on this cruise where the restaurants were not warm and welcoming.  We all have bad days.  No worries because the food made up for it. 

I haven’t taken the time to talk about the people on the ship.  Our ship is filled with employees from 50 different countries and guests from 37.  We have met so many fun friendly people.  I am not typically a people person buy I’m loving the community nature on this vacation.