I've been playing with Picasa and organizing some photos. Here's a first effort creating a post with links to my web album.
We went to Bar Harbour, Maine for a bit of a holiday in 2006. We stayed at the Atlantic Oaks. It has a main hotel building, many other buildings, and the original grounds mansion. We started out in the main building but the room was VERY noisy so I spoke with the manager and they moved us to a suite in the mansion. The room was large and very very nice complete with a fireplace and private deck overlooking the ocean.
Bar Harbour is definitely a tourist town and a bit funky. This alleyway caught my eye particularly.
We walked about, ate in some nice restaurants, and went for a cruise. None of the high speed catamarans were running so we went on a relatively small boat for a trip around part of the island. It was interesting to note the tidal range, grand hotel, and many mansions along the way.
The coast was really spectacular. I was particularly struck by the mountains and the tidal caves.
On the way back we went by Bar Hourbor light. The islands were covered with seals and pups. It was something to see.
I had wanted to take the high speed ferry to Nova Scotia. Unfortunately, it did not start running until the following week. However, one of the schooners started running the last day we were there and so on a rather brisk May day we went for a sail. It was COLD. It was FUN. When it came time to raise the sails the passengers lent a hand. I must admit, it was rather more work than I'd imagined. Surprisingly, at one point the boat hit almost 12 kts in a rather modest breeze. I was also surprised to learn that it had a swing keel, something that came in rather handy as we scraped bottom a bit as the tide was rather low.
Of course, no trip to Bar Hourbor would be complete without a trip around the island and a drive up Cadillac Mt.
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