5. Bar Harbour, Mount Desert Island

Explore the town of Bar Harbour where we were residing was our remit for today, after all if it was good enough for the Vanderbilts and friends it was good enough for us. Most of the luxury properties of the day have been converted to hotels and inns. The town is so named as it is a harbour with a tidal sand bar and fortunately for us the tide was right out so we could cross the bar and climb to the summit of Bar Island to enjoy the views back across the water. It was buzzing with tourists in the centre of town but this is a lovely place with a proper village green and lots of traditional features, which we discovered on our historic walking trail. In addition to the tour boats, schooners and fishing boats there was always a cruise ship moored just offshore. However, to escape the crowds all we had to do was walk a little way along the shore path which was a quiet picnic spot too.
We were in the heart of lobster land and so chose tonight to have our 'vacation' lobster supper. With all of the accoutrements to hand it was good fun and very tasty.