A Few Things About Bar Harbor

This is the sand bar that connects Bar Harbor to Bar Island. The "bar" from which Bar Harbor gets it's name. Oh, and it completely disappears at high tide.

At low tide you can walk, or even drive across to Bar Island.

How inconvenient it would be to get stuck here though.





Or to not know what time it was.





Another thing in Bar Harbor is this historic path.








Along the path you'll see the very rock from which The Balance Rock Inn, directly across from it, gets it's name.






And, if you keep following this path, you will eventually end up near all the Bar Harbor shops.

And for all you early birds, on November 21, at 6:00 a.m., the stores will open for this crazy annual event -- Early Bird Pajama Sale and Bed Races.

Ever shop in your pajamas?

This shop even has it advertised in their window display.

What else you gonna do on a Saturday at 6:00a.m.?

Picnic in Bar Harbor

We packed a picnic lunch and headed to Bar Harbor to celebrate the first day of Spring. For lunch we had a grilled shrimp salad, fruit, Ritz crackers, Cabot pepper jack cheese, and for dessert, we had brownies with walnuts.

We found a spot at the town pier and to our surprise we were not the only

ones with the same idea,

Well, this little fellow already had his spot.

And all the others were lined up too. Who would have thought

this would be such a popular place to park and eat on March 20?

After we ate, we took a walk along the 100 year old Shore Path.

Coming back through town we stopped at the park overlooking the harbor, before we headed back to the truck.





And of course we saved a few Ritz and cheese for our friend.

It was good to beat the crowds of summer. They don't know what they're missing.