Bar Harbor 2

Salutations -
We awoke to the Weather Channel's "Dense Fog Advisory until 10am". Well, doesn't that cheer you on. Nonetheless, we dressed, ate breakfast and made a bee line for Acadia National Park and Thunder Hole. High tide was at 9:15 and we thought that might be a good time to see it. Not so much....it sounded like thunder but wasn't a visual extravaganza as we had hoped.

We were about to leave when a woman fell (Caution: Walkways are slippery when wet" - and they mean it) - fell hard - and broke her leg. It was an open wound - I never saw anything like that before. Well, I gotta tell ya, everybody went a scurrying to get out of there . Big Tom and I were left with a guy from Massachusetts (Who thankfully had a first aid kit in his car). We sent for the Ranger and the EMTs. First hubby held her hand and after the gap in her leg (and the blood) was covered I went to her other side and held that hand and made conversation until she was ready to be hoisted up the stairs to the road.(Nobody ever said I would make a good nurse.) So, we hope Mary Shoemaker from Lancaster county was fixed up and will continue her travels with her friend Bobbi Kennedy (really!), if not on this cruise then in three weeks when she is supposed to go to China. Bobbi said if I ever came to Lancaster, she would buy me dinner. Said maybe I would when I come to a quilt shop and she said "Great, I quilt too, and I'll take you to where the bargains are!" What a small world.

We had to hustle to get back to Bar Harbor (all this leg stuff took an hour)for the Lighthouse tour we had scheduled. The sun had broken through the clouds while we were at Mary's side and things were looking up. We found a place to park (legally) and hurried to the restroom to add layers. Out I came ready for adventure, popped a Dramamine on the way to the area we were to board and found a man saying "The lighthouse tour has just been cancelled due to poor visibility". Bad Karma?

Dejected, up the steps we trudged to the ticket office to demand our money back and stood in a line that stretched 20 feet. They were really very efficient and also printed our voucher for another whale watch tour (You can go until you see a whale - no expiration date). Before we left the building I went back to the restroom to take off my layers and while doing that Big Tom found a book of lighthouses in the store across the hall. When we went to pay for it we asked about the trolley tours and signed up for one. After lunch, we did that and it was fun. The driver/tour guide was entertaining and full of info on the area. (However at the first stop (Cadillac MT.) a lady stepped off the bus, missed the last step and...........no, she didn't break her leg, but she was banged up and the ranger had to come - same ranger (AJ) as the Morning Mary episode so we were able to ask about her. I had seen the same EMTs at the pier earlier. Busy day.

When we finished the tour, we headed back to Acadia to see a film and drive the rest of the Loop Road before returning to the hotel. The most unusual and interesting aspect of this park is the way the land just drops off into the ocean. No beaches to speak of. And to me , the land close to the ocean has always flattened out which this area (really an island) does not.

Dinner was down the road not too far at Jack Daniel's Steak and Brew and was excellent. We both had soup (red pepper for him and the BEST clam chowder I have ever eaten)and salads with Salmon (for him) and a tiny fillet (for me). Creme brulee and Blueberry pie for dessert.

Now we are doing a load of wash before we head for Nova Scotia tomorrow. We are taking turns minding the laundry - you have to be quick to get a machine - so if I have seemed disjointed forgive me.