The small community of Bar Harbor is full of things you’d expect from a Maine resort town: lobster restaurants, ice cream, homemade fudge, souvenir shops, and tourists. But there is one unique and magical thing you can’t find anywhere else: the land bridge to Bar Island. The land bridge linking Bar Harbor to Bar Island […]
Month: November 2024
Bar Harbor, Maine: Welcome to Vacationland
I didn’t know that Maine’s unofficial nickname was “Vacationland” until Brian and I visited Bar Harbor this summer. Ostensibly, it refers to all of Maine, but the slogan felt especially apt for Bar Harbor, a compact little town full of shops, restaurants, ice cream parlors, and of course, tons of milling tourists! This adorable resort […]