Acadia Park Loop Road & Lobstah

Sunday, September 23

Loop Road at Acadia National Park

Today we experienced the natural beauty of Acadia National Park by following the scenic 20 mile Park Loop Road that winds through the eastern half of Mount Desert Island.  We bought the audio tour CD which describes scenic areas along the route, so we stopped when we were told.

The views of the ocean, islands, and Bar Harbor were exquisite from the summit of Cadillac Mountain.  This this the park's highest peak, and the tallest mountain on the Atlantic coast north of Brazil.

View from top of Cadillac Mountain.  Those big white things in the ocean are cruise ships letting passengers off at Bar Harbor.

 

What a view!

We stopped at Jordan Pond for lunch.  The Jordan Pond Restaurant is the only place to eat within the park, and the speciality is popovers with strawberry jam.  It was a perfect day and perfect setting to sit outside and eat our seafood chowdah with hot popovers.

Can't wait for those popovers!

Another highlight was seeing Somes (rhymes with homes) Sound.  This is the only fjord in the contiguous 48 states. The 168 foot gorge was carved by glaciers and steep mountains line both sides.  Beautiful!

Lobstah at the Camp

Every evening Bill, the lobster guy, comes to the campground and sells dinners that include fresh lobster, sweet corn, and cold slaw.  We picked the lobster we wanted from his cooler and he boiled them up along with sweet corn.  He also included a stick of buttah, which turned out to be margarine.  Serving margarine with lobster is disgusting, but to serve it to people from America's Dairyland?  Well, that is just wrong!

Bill, the lobstah man and our lobstah picks.



Dinner's ready!