We have eaten twice at an amazing bakery in Bar Harbor and would like to put in a serious plug for it. It’s the Morning Glory Bakery and it is amazing. The sandwiches are just fantastic and the desserts are yummy. Bobby had a cardamom rhubarb cheesecake square and I had a piece of their sweet potato pie - yum!
We took it easy this morning and headed out around 11:30. We first visited Somes Sound, the only fjord on the east coast of the United States and then made our way to the Visitor’s Center to get Elise’s 2nd National Park Junior Ranger badge. The ranger went all out and even annouced it to the people in the visitor’s center and got them to give her a round of applause, which Elise thought was “freaky and embarassing”!
This is the view of Bar Harbor from Bar Island.
We spent one more afternoon in Bar Harbor. One of the last things we did there was walk along the bar that is Bar Harbor’s namesake. Across the harbor from Bar Harbor is Bar Island. At low tide, the receded water exposes a bar of sand and rocks that connects Bar Harbor to Bar Island. Bar Harbor, which used to be named Eden, became known as the town with the bar (of sand) in the harbor. Hence, Bar Harbor. You can walk across this bar to the island, which we did. Along the way Bobby discovered our first sea urchin.
Tomorrow we head out toward New Hampshire to get to my Uncle Jack in New York on Sunday. We are planning to stay in another Wal-Mart near Concord, NH. Sunday we’ll swing through Hanover, NH, a town I have always believed I would love, sight unseen. I’ll let you know Sunday night if I was right.
September 29, 2007
