Scenes from our day......

We had a good plan.......loaf in the morning and then take the 1 pm boat from Winter Harbor to Bar Harbor......stroll around  and then take the boat back.     We had sweaters to ward off the water chill, sunglasses for the bright sunny day and enthusiasm.    We arrived 10 min before the published time ( in a glossy brochure about the ferry).....and found that the boat had left 20 min earlier....for some unexplained reason, that one trip was changed....and no one around to ask and the next one not until 90 min later...........so, we drove to Bar Harbor since we had no back-up plan.

   Once there, we walked the lovely shore path.   It meanders along the coast for about a mile. 

 It passes lovely inns.......

 offers views of the harbor.....

 offered a good vantage point to see the lobster boats returning....

 And fronted the lovely large vintage homes.    Much of Bar Harbor burned  in 1947 and the large estates were lost.....few were rebuilt and the rich and famous found other places to spend their leisurely summers.

We strolled the picturesque streets again and then picked a waterfront seafood place for an early dinner outside along the harbor.   You could pick your own lobster from several tanks.......a young man offered to pick one up for a close-up portrait.....I noticed that it had a definite blue color....he said about 1 in a million are blue....this one was almost 3 pounds.

 We ordered Cobb salads........from the bottom to the top,  black olives, egg white, bacon, lobster, tomatoes, gorgonzola, and egg yokes all placed on a bed of greens.   It was delicious and filling, even if I don't like avocado.

 We got back in time for a viewing of the sunset from the swing.   Weather had cooled off and a sweatshirt felt really good.