The Honeymooners: The Final Chapter!

Welcome to The Honeymooners: The Final Chapter!

Oddly enough I awoke this morning with some minor back discomfort from sleeping on the cottage bed.  The last two nights I slept on an air mattress on the ground with no issues.  Go figure?

Today was not a busy day for us compared to the last few, we took a big chunk and just relaxed!  We headed downtown for Kate to get a coffee and get an Acadia National Park pass.  We stopped at the Sand Beach which oddly enough had no shells!  It was a beautiful beach; don’t get me wrong, but there were absolutely no sea shells to be found!  It was quite surprising. 

Thunder Hole was next and was not that impressive.  It was cool, but didn’t live up to the hype.  Kate remembered it from her childhood as the water shooting very high and soaking people.  But that was during a storm and the ocean had been very calm for the last several days prior. 

We drove up Cadillac Mountain and took in the stunning panoramic views.  We eventually found the summit marker, there is no sign as it has been stolen too many times, and I bought a smaller magnet version of the marker that is very cool! 

Returning to Bar Harbor Kate picked up her Sea Bag that she absolutely loves!  She had her star done in blue on the way in we saw one in red as well.  The shop owner said that she was inspired!

We ate lunch at Mainely Meats which is on the Atlantic Brewing Company grounds but is not owned by them, they lease the space we heard the waiter telling another diner.  It’s BBQ, but I got a burger that was fantastic while Kate had the pulled pork.  They make their own BBQ Sauce that was so good we bought a jar!

We stopped at the Atlantic Brewing company owned Bar Harbor Cellars Winery.  It is a very nice place! They do not offer tours of the distillery, as they are two years away from producing enough grapes of their own to make their wine.  However, they do offer a free sampling that we partook in tasting 7 different wines.  I’m not much of a wine guy, but the fruit ones were very good! 

They also sell cheese there and I found 7 year old cheddar that was so fracking good!!! So good! Just outstanding!  They wouldn’t tell me who made it other than it’s from Quebec.

We kicked back at the cottage, sitting on the porch playing cards while drinking our coffee stout.  I made us hotdog hash for dinner on the old fancy all in one sink, fridge, and two burner stop top appliance.  On a share plate we put the BBQ Sauce and Raye’s Mustard that we bought to garnish our dinner while we watched the Walton’s.  I’m not gonna lie, it was some good! 

Heading back up Cadillac Mountain we wanted to watch the sunset.  It was very beautiful, but I have seen prettier sunsets in my life.  Apparently the sunrises up there can’t be beat.  It was the day after the full moon though and the moon rise was breathtaking!  The moon was huge and pink before turning to a bright orange!  Simply stunning! 

We called it a night at the cottage both dreading and excited about the drive home the next day. 

We slept in the latest that last morning of honeymoon but still found ourselves ready and out the door quite quickly well ahead of our 11am check out time. 

There was no rush to get home and we took our time stopping at Bucks Grave in Bucksport and Fort Point Lighthouse in Stockton Springs. We also took in a flea market in Searsport scoring an excellent deal on classic Christmas special DVD’s!

I can’t express enough how awesome this honeymoon/vacation was!  We had a great time together exploring places we’d never been and really enjoying nature.   We lucked out with some glorious weather along the way too. 

If I had to pick a favorite place that we visited I would have to lean towards East Quoddy Head Light on Campobello Island.  Not only was it visually stunning, but the adventure one had to partake just to get out to the lighthouse was amazing.

I have always wanted to travel to Aroostook County and travel down like we did exploring a portion of Maine that I had never been to before.  Best of all Kate was excited to do it as well.  Having our passport cards so we could pop into Canada made the trip that much more exciting.  I would plan on getting a passport or passport card if anyone plans on going up there themselves.   

I’ve been planning what will be several day and overnight trips for us to take in the future so we can explore other parts of the State that we can explore together.  And with our passport cards, I see trip to Quebec City in our future! 

Thanks for reading, I hope you’ve enjoyed to The Honeymooner Blogs!

Later Readers!

Mike