Day 10: July 8, 2015
We awoke to a somewhat nasty day. It was rainy, foggy, windy and cold! A perfect morning for sausage gravy on toast
and a perfect day to stay on the boat and get a few things tidied up.
I worked on the blog and read while Janine read as
well. Our original plan was to
take a
carriage ride on a “Carriage Road” that John D. Rockefeller, Jr built back in
the early part on the 20th century.
Along with the many trails that crisscross the park, he built 56 miles
of beautiful roads for use by pedestrians, cyclists and horse drawn carriages. These magnificent roads have beautiful 16
major stone bridges all of different design, designed by JDR,Jr. They were built with a goal to take people to
beautiful places without having to be bothered by the noisy smelly automobile
that was just becoming popular and that was bringing throngs of visitors to the
park. Today, it is the second most visited national park in the US, second to
Yellowstone. The amount of traffic in
the park is truly amazing, hence the free bus service that helps cut down on
that traffic.
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| Carriage Road in Acadia National Park |
Anyway, with the weather as it was, we decided we
didn’t want to go touring.
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| One of the stone carriage road bridges |
Our typical lunch tacos and PBJs was our fare for
this day. And, after lunch, the sun came
out and the temperature had climbed so we got in the Dink and headed for Somesville.
Our first stop was at the “Gallery at Somes Sound”, that was truly
wonderful. The gal had amassed a large collection of paintings and locally
crafted fine furniture that she had skillfully displayed in an old book
store. I attempted to take some photos, but
she refused my request.
From the gallery, we went to the local museum that
highlighted the life of a couple, Art and Nan Kellam who, in 1949, moved to the
small uninhabited island of Placentia about 2 miles off of the southern tip of
Mt. Desert Island. They spent the rest of their lives eking out
an existence. They would row their boat
for the two miles across the open waters to get supplies and groceries. They were amazing folks and the museum does a
great job honoring them. Along side the
museum is a beautiful skiff that was built by local kids with the help of
mentoring by boat build building craftsmen.
We climbed on a bus heading for Bar Harbor where we
stopped at a popular
watering hole and enjoyed a beer. The “Thirsty Whale” is not one of the raucous
bars in the center of town but a more mellow establishment that the bus driver
says is a great place to grab a sandwich and a beer. It was good.
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| The local watering hole |
From there we headed to Stewman’s Lobster Pound
where we enjoyed a celebratory birthday dinner for Janine. This place is right down on the wharf. As you head for your table, you pass the
kitchen where there are
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| How about a Lobster Roll |
We headed back toward the green and finished our
dining with a dip of sea salt caramel truffle ice cream which we romantically
shared.
We caught a bus back to Somesville and motored back
to Second Wind. We read until dark and hit the hay.
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| Local dinghies awaiting their masters |
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