Yesterday evening, we caught a news story that the
government decided to end their stupid stand-off and reopen all government
agencies. This means that Acadia
National Park was now open to the public once again. God was blessing our trip, and my wife finally got her dream trip to the park.
We started the day with a delicious breakfast at a
restaurant called the Two Cats. Scott,
our waiter, was amazingly nice and helpful, cats were walking freely through
the restaurant, cat paw prints were on the tables, and cat décor was
everywhere. The omelets we had were
delicious; we give it two thumbs up.
Our first stop was the Cadillac Mountain, the tallest point
in the park. Unfortunately, the cloud
bank was too thick and too low for us to get a good view of the surrounding
area. So, we went back to Bar Harbor and
had lunch at the Whistling Whale, a local seafood place. The waitress was really cool, and we liked
her right off. My wife had the lobster
roll, which she said needed more mayo (not sure why that was important to note
here, but she wanted to make sure that made it in), and I had the fish and
chips, which was amazingly delicious.
So, it got one and half thumbs.
After lunch it was back to the park for some hiking. We decided on a moderate trail called the
Bubble Divide, but the park rangers must have a different view of moderate than
we do, because this thing was about as bad as the Arethusa Falls trail. It was steep, rocky, and tough. According to the definition of moderate on
the sheet, the trail was supposed to be a mixture of steep parts and level
parts. Well, we never actually found any
level parts, so they must have been smoking the crack weed! This thing was brutal. There were many expletives tossed at the
trees, a threatening letter was conceived to tell the rangers what we really
think about their moderate trail, and at several points I’m pretty sure that
someone’s life was threatened if we ever got off the trail. The low point of the hike, however, had to be
when we got passed by a couple of old people.
We aren’t talking about that anymore.
We decided that was enough hiking for the day, and drove
around Acadia and the surrounding area before getting ready for dinner. For dinner, we went to the West Street Café
to have lobster. Due to the fact that
we’ve never cracked open a lobster before, we got the lazy man’s lobster, which
is a nice way of saying that they’ve already de-shelled it for you. The food was just okay, and we gave it two
half thumbs, so I guess that’s one thumb total.
We then went to Ben & Bill’s Chocolate Emporium so
my wife could get an ice cream. I got
peer-pressured by the guy behind me to try the Kuala and Bailey’s ice cream,
which was a huge mistake. It was tasty
enough, but it got me drunk. So, we
walked around town (in a crooked manner) to sober me up.
