Summer is finally here for us and we are off on our big vacation for this summer. We are heading to Bar Harbor and Acadia National Park in Maine for 5 days.
Follow along with us as we explore Maine and create new memories and have typical Rahn adventures!!
Arrival and Day 1...here we go!
We left Virginia bright and early only to be delayed by one hour before we even left Dulles. We had to wait for our flight crew and then we were off to Portland International Jetport. Yep, that's the name of the Portland Airport in Maine.
We landed and got our rental car and we were off for the 4 hour road trip to Bar Harbor up Route 1....
Our first stop was about an hour down the road in Wiscasset. Thanks to TripAdvisor and the many hours that I spent planning this trip, I found some fun places to stop and eat/visit as we drove to Bar Harbor.
We ate a a great outdoor roadside little "mall" (at least that's what they called it). Sprague's Lobster was our lunch spot.
Great views of the water here in Wiscasset!
Next stop about another hour down the road at Lincolnville Beach. We didn't swim, just stopped to appreciate the area, stretch our legs and get a drink.
On to Bucksport and this great bridge that we crossed. It was pretty impressive.
We also stopped in the little town of Bucksport for ice cream at Wahl's Dairy Port.
Another 45 minutes to ours hotel and we were at our home away from home for the next 4 nights.
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| The view from our room - the water in the distance and we were told beautiful sunrises. |
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| We had a corner room, so we also had a mountain view out of the other window. |
After settling in to our room we ventured into Bar Harbor to find dinner. We had reservations at a very fun restaurant near the water, Galyn's.
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| Katie had her first lobster! |
We saw a beautiful sunset over the water in downtown Bar Harbor.
After the sun set, we drove into Acadia because we were going to do one of the ranger-led events that evening, We were doing "The Stars Over Sand Beach." This was a one hour ranger talk about the night sky in Acadia on Sand Beach (inside the park).
We arrived at Sand Beach before the sun went totally down, so we had some fun with pictures.
It started getting dark and the rangers came and started setting up! They had a speaker system and also a laser pointer that they used to point out parts of the night sky for us to look at...stars, constellations, planets, satellites...
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| Selfie on sand beach |
After the Sand Beach adventure, we headed back to our hotel room. 3:45 a.m. was a long time ago! We have arrived in Maine and will conquer Acadia and Bar Harbor in pure Rahn style! Very little down time, and lots of adventures!
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