Camping Day 3
So we are now Day 3 into our trip. I woke first again, but wasn’t really up to actually getting out of my sleeping bag. It was a bit chilly last night and my bag was still nice and warm. Sam eventually woke, and made his way outside and “encouraged” us to all get out of bed. After we finally got up we started breakfast and we weren’t really up to anything particular. I think that activities from the day before really wiped us out, but Sam was intent on doing something. We headed out for a random drive on the western lobe of Mt. Desert Island. We kindof didn’t get out until 1100. We found the coastal seawall and enjoyed watching the waves run up the shore. We then kept going south along 102 and after some looping found our way to the lighthouse . It has some wonderful views down there, but it’s mostly private property (belonging to the commander of the Coast Guard or something like that.) We kept circling around looking for stuff and ended up travelling through this small dirt road and found ourselves at Seal Cove Pond .
Now, not to get too sidetracked but what defines a pond? This “pond” was really big, and seemed to be more lake size than pond. I’m not sure if this nice EPA definition really helps much, but maybe Seal Cove Pond is really shallow. Still it’s an awfully long walk around, and by the time we had hiked about 30 minutes we had barely made it more than a quarter way around. After finishing our short hike we went back to camp for lunch. On they way we stopped by at an old farmer’s stand and picked up a quart of blueberries and some corn. Those blueberries were fabulous. Nothing like fresh fruit.
We ate the left over bulgogi and began perusing the KOA’s activities guide for stuff to do. Turns out there is a small brewery in Bar Harbor , and they offered tours everyday from 1500-1700. It was almost 1500 so we cleaned up quickly and made our way over. The brewery is really small and basically consisted of this couple’s basement. What really stood out was that during the tasting we were offered samples of five of their beers and a sample of one of their soda syrups. Their Harbor Lighthouse Ale and Cadillac Mountain Stout were fabulours. The rootbeer and blueberry syrups were great too. We ended up buying a few bottles of syrup, a Cadillac Mountain Stout, and a Peach Ale for the road. If you are ever in the area you have to stop by for a taste.
On our way out of Bar Harbor we decided to go play mini-golf. We had a coupon in the book for a $1.50 off admission so it was a good time. Sunny and I both had hole-in-one’s and we won a free game for it. Overall Sunny and Sarah kicked the boy’s butts. Now that we were nice and hungry we tried to go to Poor Boy’s Gourmet , but the wait was too long. We ended up at a very forgettable pub/restaurant. While my fish and chips was ok as was the baked brie, nothing else was really that exciting. We walked around on Main street some and saw the harbor. After getting back to camp Paul collapsed into the tent and went right to sleep. The rest of us stayed up a bit longer and roasted some corn in the camp fire.
For a day that was suppose to be relaxing, we ended up doing quite a bit!