Eagle Lake, Shore Path and Bar Island

Tuesday, September 19

Wendy and Dan headed out for a bike to hike to hammock adventure.  They rode their bikes from the Jordan Pond House, to Deer Brook Trail, hiked up the trail to Sargent Mtn. Pond, set up their hammocks near the pond and spent some quiet time together.  Looks like fun!

photo by Wendy

We drove to Eagle Lake and rode our bikes around the loop.  Not the nicest day...

A picture's worth a thousand words

We stopped a couple of times to takes pictures but it took maybe an hour and that included me walking part of the way up a looooooong hill because my knees and thighs were killing me!

It's usually really pretty but not so much today, unless you're a fan of fog, which some people are...

I thought these super tiny pinecones were cute and the spider web was pretty awesome, which admittedly I would not have seen and enjoyed if not for the fog/mist/rain.

These yellow flowers were everywhere, so we asked one of the rangers what they were and the answer...ragweed!  Apparently there are several varieties...who knew?

And these lovelies are New England asters.

We watched these three ducks forage along the edge of the lake for quite awhile.  I thought they might be loons, which they weren't and it was pretty hard to tell what they looked like because of the low light, so they remain unidentified floating objects.

Three UFO's

We drove to the Jordan Pond House gift shop where Bill bought a nice, lightweight, hooded t-shirt and I bought a postcard for Lori.  We ate our lunch in the car in the parking lot...boring ;o(  

From there into town, where we parked near the road to Bar Island because it was super busy.  We walked along the Shore Path and discovered a new park area, called Grant Park.  On a nicer day, we would sit and enjoy a cup of coffee; maybe next year.

You can't tell but there is a very large cruise ship out there! 

Walking back to the car, we took the short "hike" over the Bar Island since it was low tide and you can only get there 1 1/2 hours either side of low tide.  You can learn a little more about Bar Island here, including which town has jurisdiction over the island, which might surprise you.

We came home and read for awhile (well, I might have taken a nap) and after dinner we went next door to play dominoes with Wendy and Dan...Wendy was the big winner!

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Edgewater No. 6

Monday, Sept. 19, 2015

Time for our annual Bar Harbor trip, woohoo!  It always feels like our home away from home.  We have stayed at The Edgewater Motel and Cottages for the past several years and we are so glad we found it.  It's the perfect place for us...quiet, on the water, no kids.

We arrived earlier than usual this year because we didn't stop at L.L. Beans since they haven't had anything interesting for the past few years.  It was 54* when we arrived last year...76* this year, way better!

We unloaded our bikes and suitcases, then headed to the Visitor's Center to get our park pass, then into town for lunch.  We stopped at a new place, Choco-latte, where Bill ordered a coffee and a bagel and I enjoyed an iced chai tea and a scone.

We were gong to sit outside until it started sprinkling, so we sat inside and the rain promptly stopped.

We walked to the Village Green to check out the art show and found Wendy and Dan having lunch at the Blaze, their favorite Bar Harbor eatery.  Said "hi" and proceeded on our way.  Nothing much for us at the art show but fun to look.

Actually, I think we enjoyed the gardens more than the art.

Village Green garden

We wandered down the hill to the harbor and decided to return to our car along the Shore Path.  It's a nice, flat walk, about a mile in length, along the shore that parallels the main street and would bring us out fairly close to the car.

I had no idea this path was so old until I looked at the picture. 

Flowers gone to see...thistle, maybe?

pano picture

Such a beautiful day!

I love the way this island is being swallowed by the fog.

It was late afternoon by the time we got back to the car but we decided to drive the Loop Road until we found a sunny spot to sit and read.  We stopped near the Fabbri picnic area and Ottor Cliffs, dragged our chairs across the road and onto a fairly flat, rocky area and read till the sun dropped behind the mountains.

It was nearly 6:00 when we packed our chairs into the car and headed back to the cottage.  We were gone so long Wendy actually texted to check on us.  

We grilled some Trader Joe's chicken that Greg had recommended (which we really liked), added some of Kim's Kitchen quinoa salad and enjoyed dinner with Wendy and Dan.

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