Acadia has been on my bucket list for as long as I can remember! I was getting cabin fever stuck in New Hampshire quarantining these past couple months, so I decided to have a little change of scenery. Acadia is about a five hour drive, so I thought it would be the perfect getaway!
Day 1
My boyfriend, Matt, and I arrived in Acadia at about 5:30pm. We stayed at Gallagher’s Travels which was right on SR-3 (Bar Harbor Road). It was about 8 minutes from downtown Bar Harbor which was super convenient. We drove into downtown Bar Harbor for dinner.
Route 66 Restaurant
Matt and I picked the restaurant super quick without looking too much into the place. We got an appetizer for fried mac and cheese balls which were pretty good. I got a BLAT sandwich, which is a BLT with avocado, and added turkey. Matt got the California Cruiser which is chicken, sliced avocado, red onions, applewood smoked bacon and provolone cheese on a white bread. Overall, the food was okay. The décor was interesting, it had all 50s through 70s décor but the building itself looked like an old church. I think if we ate outside, we would have had a much different experience. With all the great restaurants to eat in and around Bar Harbor, I would not recommend this place.
Bass Harbor Lighthouse
After dinner, we headed to Bass Harbor Lighthouse on the Southwest portion of Mount Desert Island. It was about 30 minutes from the restaurant. We got there just in time for sunset. There is a little “trail” which is about 0.2 miles from the parking lot. There is a little path through the woods and a staircase down to the rocks. We climbed on the rocks to get a good picture of the lighthouse and the sunset.
TIP: Definitely wear closed toed shoes (sneakers will do). I wore my Birkenstocks and it was really hard to climb along the rocks and I slipped once or twice.
After Bass Harbor Lighthouse, we were so exhausted from the drive we grabbed some cider and headed to bed!
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