Eden (Bar Harbor)

Our Bed and Breakfast was only a short jaunt from downtown Bar Harbor, so we spent a lot of time walking around.  While we were walking by a small cemetery, we noticed a statue with a placque on it that said that the town was originally called Eden.  We thought that was very appropriate and wondered why they changed it. 

We would then walk though a little park in the town square that had a gazebo in which the community band would play every Thursday night.  So one night we got ice cream cones and sat on a park bench under the twilight sky and listened to songs that we hadn't heard since we were children.

We did a little shopping, mostly trinkets for the family.  There was so much to see and do, we didn't want to miss a thing.  We looked at jewelry and pet stores, a whale museum and some cool glass and pottery shops.

I loved these gargoyle creatures on the lamps:

Loved this clock too:

The wouldn't let us in the front door!

We got to eat at some really nice restaurants...Lobsta stew, yum!

One night we treated ourselves to a gourmet dinner at the Bar Harbor Inn

There were chandeliers and a pianist

and the deserts were to die for!

We went for a walk on the beach in front of the hotel.

We walked along the shore path and looked at the "cottages" owned be the Rusticators. We enjoyed learning about the history of the area.

Southwest Harbor

We went in search of the lobster pound.  It was pretty foggy and not too warm for July.  We came across this place with all the lobster bouys on it and Bob thought it was really cool and had to take a picture. I think he'd like to do that to our house, but it might look kind of funny as we are no where near the ocean

Thurston's Lobster Pound

                 Doesn't this look yummy? Oh and the lobster looks good too!                      

    

Wild Roses smell awesome!

This is the Carroll Homestead in Southwest Harbor.  It was built in 1825 for John and Rachel Carroll and succeeding generations until 1917 and then later used for summer family gatherings.

It was later donated to Acadia National Park as a museum and historic farm.

It was interesting to learn about what they did for fun before computers!

I love wildflowers!

It was so peaceful.  The house was all alone in a clearing in the woods.

Then we went to see the Bass Harbor Lighthouse.

It's hard to get a picture of the front unless you are in the ocean in a boat.  Bob was perched precariously on some rocks on the cliff to take this picture.  I waited closer to shore.

We also visited the Wendall Gilley Museum of Bird Carving.

And we went to the Seal Cove Auto Museum on the way back.

The Primrose Inn

When we arrived in Bar Harbor, we found the Primrose Inn quite easily and were delighted with it's appearance.  It was an old victorian style house, which went nicely with our wedding theme, and was decked out with Fourth of July banners...just for us!

the grounds had gardens and places to sit outside

the inside was decorated beautifully

our room was really nice

the food was delicious

we had our own little porch where we would sit and drink coffee

This was the cute little needlepoint Do Not Disturb signs they gave us.  This was our neighbors sign...we never saw them the whole time we were there!  We didn't really use ours...we were playing tourist too much...so much to see and do, we didn't want to miss a thing.