Bar Island, Wild Gardens, and Schoodic Peninsula

We got up today and drove into Bar Harbor to walk across the sand bar to Bar Island. You can only do this from 90 minutes before low tide, which was at 9:14, to 90 minutes after or else you’re wading across, as the water covers it up pretty quickly. So, it was interesting to basically be walking along the bottom of the ocean, lots of rocks and mussels littered the area. On the island we hiked over to the ruins of a 1800s house and then on to the summit of the island where we saw really good views of Bar Harbor. We also walked a bit in the wild meadow of Acadia, a peaceful walk through the forest and a meadow. Afterwards we drove into Bar Harbor and got some lunch at Everyday Joe’s-decent sandwiches that didn’t cost a fortune. We then drove about 1 ½ hours to Schoodic Peninsula. Schoodic Peninsula is part of Acadia, even though it is separated by a large bay. It’s very wild and quiet, until you get to the shore, where the waves crash in. I think there was a storm coming in as it was very foggy here and the temp was much cooler than any other part of the area. Pretty cool, rugged area. After all that we drove down to Bangor as the first part of our trek home.