It was a full day in Bar Harbor.
We started early morning with a road trip through Acadia National park – the smallest national park in the US. However, it is always in the top ten of most visited parks!
We drove (slowly) along Park Loop Road stopping at some of the viewpoints, like Thunder Hole and Fabbri Monument, on our way to Cadillac Mountain. Cadillac Mountain is known as the first place in the continental U.S. to see the sunrise, although that is only true for a portion of the year. We opted for sleeping in and going a bit later in the morning.
Stunning views all around.
Back in town we had some brunch and walked around a little before we headed off-island to just outside Hancock for an afternoon riding the Downeast Scenic Railroad.
The Downeast Scenic Railroad offers a wonderful 12-mile round-trip train ride from Hancock, Maine, through Ellsworth Falls, and across the Union River Bridge on the former Maine Central Railroad. The beautifully restored passenger train, with vintage locomotives and coaches, staffed by our all-volunteer crew, is the first passenger train to run on these tracks since 1960.
– downeastscenicrail.org
What a great trip that was! It is about a ninety minute ride on a beautifully restored train. At the far end, just before it crosses the bridge over Union River, they change the locomotive from the front of the train to the back. First it pushes the train over the bridge, and then pulls it back along the same track to where we started. So much fun!
A day full of adventure was followed by wonderful dinner.
