One of the East Coast’s premier
summer resort towns, this famous port was built on shipbuilding, lumber and
fishing, and today lays claim to a booming tourism industry, attracting more
than 25 cruise ships during the months of May through October. Neither of us
have spent much time in this part of our country – in fact, the last time we
were anywhere near the northeastern coast was during our honeymoon 32 years
ago.
To digress a little,
we left our home in Phoenix nearly one week ago. Our first stop was in
Charlotte, NC where we visited our four kids – it had been nearly one year
since we last saw them. I experienced a
stroke nearly two years ago, but was extremely fortunate. Long story short – my loving wife has been
nursing me back to health and while I’m not 100%, I’m definitely in much better
shape than I would have been without her – she’s been a true rock for me, and I
can’t begin to thank her enough for all she’s done and continues to do for me.
It was truly
wonderful seeing our kids again and spoiling the six grandkids. After spending
four days with them, we then took our rental car to Winston-Salem, NC to catch
a major drum corps show and visit with many wonderful folks. Monday morning we
drove back to Charlotte and caught our flight to Boston where we boarded
Holland America’s Zuiderdam Tuesday morning.
Back to Bar Harbor.
Our day was a little short. We arrived at 10am and because of insufficient dock
space, we ‘tendered’ guests to and from the shore. A quick aside here – we
walked a little short of 2 miles…probably the farthest I’ve walked since my
stroke. I was very sore & exhausted, but made it. We stopped around 11:30
for some famous lobster. We were both a little disappointed – you couldn’t
order a tail but instead, had to take a whole lobster – NO THANK YOU! Our other
choice was simply a lobster sandwich, which we both ordered. There was plenty
of lobster meat, but it tasted pretty bland – again, disappointing.
We mailed three
birthday cards at the Post Office, walked a little more and by 2:00, were back
on a Tender heading to the ship. Happy Hour at 4pm! Dinner at 5:30 – skipped
the show tonight – in bed by 7:30.
Bar Harbor – a
beautiful, small community. Wouldn’t live here, but a very nice place to visit!
