Comments on: A few mornings in Maine

By: Laura Vanderkam

Laura Vanderkam — Fri, 10 Sep 2021 13:27:24 +0000

In reply to Grateful Kae. @Grateful Kae- we did hear some thunder, though only a few real booms. We too tried it multiple times to get the effect! We did Sail Acadia as our boat trip, but there seem to be a lot of small boat operators out there. It's fun to see the coast from the water and the kids loved learning about lobster. I did book relatively last minute (August for September). The housing was a VRBO place with a four night minimum that happened to be available...

By: Grateful Kae

Grateful Kae — Thu, 09 Sep 2021 16:32:22 +0000

We just did a big Vermont/NH/Maine trip in August, too (right before school started for us)! We were in Acadia for 5 days of the trip and LOVED it. So gorgeous. Jordan Pond was our first hike in the park also. We had the best time. I’m curious though- was this a last minute trip? If so, I’m surprised you found such great lodging! I booked our lodging back in early March for mid-August and was having a bit of a hard time finding much available even then- though we ultimately did find a great place with ocean views outside of Bar Harbor. Did you get any “thunder” in Thunder Hole?? We went to the darn place FOUR times during our trip (high tide, low tide and everything in between) and it was calm as could be every time. Haha! Still just beautiful though. We had calm sunny weather our whole trip though, which probably explains it, and realistically I would choose that over big crashing waves in a storm or something anyway. 😉 Oh, and it sounds like you did Lulu’s Lobster Boat? We did that too! It was so great! Our guide was the best. The boys loved it.

By: Laura Vanderkam

Laura Vanderkam — Thu, 09 Sep 2021 12:47:41 +0000

In reply to Louise. @Louise - theoretically we were leaving Thursday and coming back Tuesday, so it was four days. As it was we had 2.5 days in Maine, and an overnight with family, so not too bad!

By: Louise

Louise — Thu, 09 Sep 2021 12:11:29 +0000

I’m going to show my Britishness now but … 11 hours?!?! For a weekend?!? The capacity of Americans to drive long distances never fails to astound me

By: Laura Vanderkam

Laura Vanderkam — Wed, 08 Sep 2021 20:03:20 +0000

In reply to BethC.. @BethC- ooh, great idea on Kennebunkport. 7 hours definitely feels different than 9.5-10.

By: Caitlin

Caitlin — Wed, 08 Sep 2021 18:15:28 +0000

In reply to BethC.. We vacation in York and stay just down the road from Dunne’s, which is dangerous to say the least :)

By: Kamala

Kamala — Wed, 08 Sep 2021 16:52:58 +0000

That’s a great end to the summer of 2021. Glad you could make the trip and not be put off by the starting trouble due to Ida.

By: KGC

KGC — Wed, 08 Sep 2021 15:40:12 +0000

I’m so glad you enjoyed Bar Harbor! My parents have lived there for nearly 20 years so we go up for 2 weeks every summer with our kids and it is a welcome escape from Maryland humidity. You probably had a better downtown experience than we did – the summer was FULL of crowds and it was hard to even just get around, so we spent most of our time in the park rather than town. I personally think the Cadillac views are mediocre (and even more annoying now that they have timed entry) and if you like hiking, you can get equivalent or better ones from other mountaintops! Hopefully you liked it enough to make a return trip sometime!

By: BethC.

BethC. — Wed, 08 Sep 2021 14:00:15 +0000

Maine is just…the best! Kennebunkport and Boothbay Harbor are a bit closer to the Philadelphia area drive-wise and have lots of nooks and crannies to explore (including several great nature trails). If you want to attempt the trip up there again, they may be areas to consider. Dunne’s ice cream and Fox’s lobster in York are a great stop once you cross the border into Maine and are around the corner from one another. Dunne’s has so many great flavors. I am ashamed to admit that I ordered 3 scoops due to my inability to decide which one I wanted…..