It's Acadia Time...Day Four

Up at 8:30, sunny and windy enough to create whitecaps on the water.  

Only 55* and windy.  We both slept well but got cold overnight, having left some of the windows open. Although I always prefer having my coffee on the deck, it was just too darn cold, so I sat inside instead.  We had bagels for breakfast and moved at a snail's pace getting ready for the day.  We didn't leave until 11:41...61* sunny & windy.  

We arrived in  SW Harbor at 12:03 and found a parking space without any hassle.  We wandered through town; Bill bought a really nice print from J.K.Putnam, a photographer I've been following on FB and IG and we bought some Christmas gifts.

We ate lunch at Eat-a-Pita/Cafe 2, sitting in the outside patio, enjoying the sun.  The temperature had climbed to 64*.  Bill had a portabello panini and I had the caprese panini, which was very heavy on spinach.  I forgot the usual food photo...

We left there at 1:56 and drove to Seawall, arriving only ten minutes later.  We parked along the rocky shore, took a short walk to the end of the path, walked back and got our chairs out of the car.  We picked a fairly flat spot, sat and read for an hour. It was perfect when the wind wasn't blowing and tolerable when it was.  64* winds at 20mph

High tide but the wind was blowing out keeping the water at bay

We only discovered this area a couple of years ago but it has become one of our favorite places outside the park.

We left at 3:35, drove into downtown Bar Harbor and scored another parking place (4:15) across from the Village Green.  We were able to walk to Acadia Perks and get iced coffees and a whoopee pie.  Beedandy has some specialty soaps here, which we spotted on one of the shelves and now I wish I had taken a photo ;o(. The problem now was finding a place in the sun, out of the wind, to enjoy our afternoon snacks.  The Ivy Manor has a courtyard, live entertainment and a sign that says "public welcome", so we took a seat in the sun, started enjoying the music and eating our shared whoopee pie.  

Although the public is welcome, outside beverages are not.  While we weren't technically asked to leave, we were told our iced coffees had to go.  So we left, stood on the sidewalk and ate our pie.  

We checked out Bark Harbor, wanting to bring something back for Tessa.  We decided on a moose shaped treat.  

We spent another half hour or so browsing in and out of the various stores, including looking for sock liners at Cadillac Mtn Sports. No luck.  

Reached the car just as our paid parking expired and drove to Pat's Pizza, where we had a thin crust, sausage, pepperoni and bacon pizza.  Got back to Edgewater at 6:52.  The temperature had dropped to 57* and the wind had died down some.

I worked on the blog and we watched "Major League".

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Cloudy, Cool and Windy

We slept late today 9:00 - it's Bill's fault, he's usually the early riser.  Not as nice today, 47* and windy.  

We took our time and din't leave the cottage till 12:15.  It had "warmed" up to 54*.

We knew today was going to be cloudy and cooler and had planned to ride our bikes but it's a lot cooler than we expected so instead, we drove into Bar Harbor and figured we would just wander around.  A lot of the businesses are closed on Tuesday and I suspect some are closed for good, thanks to the damn pandemic.  

It started spitting rain around 1:15 so we walked back down toward the pier and decided to have lunch at the Sunrise Cafe, which serves breakfast and lunch.  We ate outside on the dock.  It wasn't perfect, still cool and windy but it was outside.

We left at 2:00 and drove to Thunder Hole, thinking it would be an even better show today but we were disappointed.  The wind was blowing from the wrong direction, or the tide was too high, but whatever the reason, there wasn't a whole lot going on...except for the one idiot that always goes where they don't really belong.

He was standing out on the edge but I didn't get my camera out fast enough to catch him there.  

We did walk over to the left where the show was much better.

We left around 3:10 and drove back to Seawall where we parked on the side of the road and watched the waves through the window.

We sat and watched until 4:35, drove to the campground to turn around and spotted this deer snacking next to the road.

It didn't seem to mind sharing with the crows.  Must have been the right time of night as we drove back to the cottage because we spotted several more in the fields, including a couple of young males.

Not a great day but it could have been a lot worse if it actually rained all day.

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