On our first day in Acadia National Park, we spent the day driving around the Park Loop. We started the day by dropping by the visitor center to buy a park pass. While we were there, some friendly park employees told us about National Park Passports (you can stamp them at each national park you visit). Since we are planning to visit many national parks in the future, we picked up one.

Early in the day, we were feeling adventurous and attempted to hike the steep Beehive trail. Alas, I was too out of shape to make it to the top, so we turned around and attempted the much flatter and easier Jordan Pond trail.

After completing the Park Loop, we drove to the coast guard lighthouse at Bass Harbor and then returned to Bar Harbor for the night.

There aren’t a lot of restaurants open late in Bar Harbor. For dinner, we stopped at two places that we saw were still open, the Side Street Cafe and the Thirsty Whale.

On the second day, we picked up lunch from Rooster Brothers in Ellsworth on our way to the Schoodic Peninsula where we saw more Maine coastline and ate our lunch. Next, we drove inland to Bangor to see a very large statue of Paul Bunyan. Finally, we ate dinner at The Red Barn in Augusta before settling in at the wonderfully named Sleepy Time Motel in Auburn.