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We're driving down the road and Maine kind of snuck up on us, explaining the bad photo
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Many moose signs, nary a moose.
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Entrance to our campground at Bar Harbor
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The beach near our campground.
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Kayaking is a big activity around here . . .so many places to do it
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We like the street name . . . .
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The next street up the road is one we also liked
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We believe they try a little too hard to cultivate atmosphere
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Something artistic about the array of kayaks
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The 4-masted schooner ran tourist cruises a couple times a day
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Very picturesque hotel, right in downtown Bar Harbor
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The City Wharf is kind of the hub of harbor activity. That yacht is from the Cayman Islands
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The streetscape is neat
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Well, it's sort of a moose.
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We looked - there's only one Oregon license plate on that wall
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Catamarans used for whale watch and puffin tours.
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There's the harp store
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And the sign they keep inside . . . .
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A view from one of the headlands within Acadia park
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There's a lighthouse and a large seal colony on that long island
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Lots of love here-abouts
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They call it Sandy Beach, but it's mostly ground up sea shells
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The beach is very popular. The chilly water, not so much
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We tried to peek at the artist's painting, got a bunch of activity as well
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These folks brought a picnic, and sat in the shade
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Some of the rock bound coast . . .
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When the sun's out, the views are even more spectacular
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We just like this picture - sailboat in the mist.
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Looking down on the seaward side of Bar Harbor - we assume that breakwater is man-made.
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Neat view of the harbor at high tide
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The schooner is starting to set the sails
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At the highest point on the island - the crest of Cadillac Mountain
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The island is mostly all granite - and this is rosy granite, very pretty
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We swapped shutter-pushing with another couple.
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Granite and lichens make a neat pattern
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The view, of course, is spectacular
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The fog bank is sculpted by the breezes. Never saw a fog bank from above before
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The schooner under full sail
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The trolley gave sightseeing tours. We did our own . . .
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Judy wanted to capture the sparkle of sunlight on the water. She did it
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We like puns
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We had lunch there . . . .great sandwiches and ice cream - 1980's prices
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There we are at the soda fountain . . which seats about 7 people
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Rosie O'Donnell's cruise ship at anchor
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Closer view of the schooner, getting ready to sail
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We had lunch on that deck.
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Aboard the whale watch boat at the start of the cruise
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Schooner, hotel, pretty
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It was about 80 degrees when we started
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At speed, the wind chill kicked in.
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The jet boat moved at about 30mph, threw a nice rooster tail
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There's the lighthouse we saw earlier from afar
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The light is actually atop the keepers home, so they didn't have to go outside in bad weather
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The whale! Everybody ran to our side of the boat
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They said it was an adolescent humpback, about 40 ft long. The white is the whale's flipper . .
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We watched the whale dive and surface for about half an hour
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We were never able to get a picture of the tail in the air at the start of a dive
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The water here was about 300 ft deep, and the whale stayed down about 4 minutes on a deep dive
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That's a seal closer to the camera, whale further away
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Nice!
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Can't get too many pictures
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Checking us out . . .
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West end of a whale heading east . . . our last whale shot
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At low tide, you see the sand bar that gave Bar Harbor its name . .
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The bar, on the leeward side of the harbor, is actually a roadway shown on maps
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The float colors are keyed to the owner, so they can tell their own lobster pots
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Nice textures
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LL Bean puts up $2 million a year to subsidize the free shuttle buses
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A picture of the harbor at Northwest Harbor
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A lobster pound, where they boil lobsters. Judy said hers was very good
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At a place called Bartlett's Landing . . .
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We liked the concept of "greater" downtown being at the bottom of the sign post.
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That's the harbor at Bass Harbor, another island community
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View of the water from the Bass Harbor Lighthouse
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This lighthouse is actually manned full-time by the Coast Guard
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Artistic shot . . .
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The painting shows the lighthouse from the side we couldn't see without getting wet
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At a picnic area called "The Seawall"
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Neat house in Southwest Harbor, just across the street from our lunch stop
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In the town square at Southwest Harbor
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That's called Bubble Rock. Popular place to climb for younger folks
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This cruise ship tied up at Bar Harbor's city wharf carried just 100 passengers
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Cars lined up to board the CAT Ferry to Nova Scotia
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We swiped this from the internet, so you can see the whole boat
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There's the Bar Harbor light again . . . . with seagull ornaments
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The rooster tail behind the CAT at speed . . . impressive
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All of a sudden, the Nova Scotia ferry dock emerged from the fog
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We have been welcomed to a very friendly town
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We had lunch at Rudder's
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The Great Black-Backed Gull is the largest known gull - 3 ft long with a 5 1/2 foot wingspan.
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It's got a very loud voice, deep and hoarse, kind of like a chain saw.
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Strange shape for a boat . . .
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A coffee stand along the waterfront
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Not sure what this building was originally, but we liked the look
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Very attractive bakery, but we've just eaten at Rudder's
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Our ferry boat awaits in the mist . . .
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It's a very impressive craft
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We gather the ferry is a very popular item for motorcycles . .
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Backing in to the Bar Harbor dock . . .
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First off the boat - all the trash
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Finally, everybody has to go through customs at the border crossing