In August of 2018, Ramona & I decided to try a motor coach trip to Maine and Eastern Canada.

Bar Harbor

On the way to Bar Harbor during a road trip that included Maine and parts of Eastern Canada, we stayed a couple of nights in Saco, ME. We had dinner at a nice family restaurant nearby. The Rosa-Linda had a very good chicken parmesan dinner but our very friendly attentive server made the experience very pleasant. The next morning we headed for Bar Harbor.

A town on Mount Desert Island, Bar Harbor runs along Maine’s Frenchman Bay. It serves as a gateway to the mountains and cliffs of neighboring Acadian National Park where we took a couch ride to the top of Cadillac Mountain. Although the day we were there was foggy, we saw glimpses of the majesty this mountain provides.

Located in historic downtown Bar Harbor, is a restaurant that caught our eye because of its rooftop seating, allowing us to have a nice view of the downtown area, The Cherrystones restaurant was a great spot for people watching but, better still, the food was exceptional. I had the best clam chowder I had ever had, and the salad was very good as well. We did not want to eat more because we were looking forward to a lobster bake we would be having that evening.

Mark, a some times guitarist, a sometimes chef, was, today, our guide on a tour of Acadia National Park. This area protects the natural beauty of the highest rocky headlands along the Atlantic coastline of the U.S. Mark provided a nice overview and showed us some its glorious landscape.

Whole Maine lobster, Native Mussels, Corn on the Cob, Cole Slaw, Bread, Blueberry Cake, all part of the included cost of our tour, was good but not exceptional. Even the extra cost of ordering a martini did not make the lobster or corn better but the slaw and cake were pretty good.