We woke up the following morning to find ourselves floating off the shores of Bar Harbor. When we got to Deck 4 to get on a tender we were told we’d have to go an alternate way. A staff member got in an elevator with us and basically escorted us down to the bottom level and whisked us on to a tender, ahead of the line. I told them we didn’t need to skip the line, but they insisted that because we had the stroller and a toddler we needed to go ahead. The weirdest thing happened. They made our son wear a life jacket. Now seriously, this was awful. He hated it, as I would expect most toddlers to feel. We tendered twice before with him (Grand Cayman) and he didn’t have to wear the life jacket. We were the first on to the tender and last off so we didn’t interfere with other people.
Once we got off the tender I realized it was VERY cold! Remember, we are from South Florida, where is is still in the upper 80s and low 90s this week. If I remember correctly it was in the upper 40s/ low 50s that morning. We were very very cold while we waited to board the bus for our excursion. As we walked toward the park to meet the bus we passed by a little shop that clearly markets itself well as everyone commented on the yummy blueberry scent wafting out of their windows!
Once we got off the tender I realized it was VERY cold! Remember, we are from South Florida, where is is still in the upper 80s and low 90s this week. If I remember correctly it was in the upper 40s/ low 50s that morning. We were very very cold while we waited to board the bus for our excursion. As we walked toward the park to meet the bus we passed by a little shop that clearly markets itself well as everyone commented on the yummy blueberry scent wafting out of their windows!
The bus driver finally let us all on. We took a 30 (or so) minute drive up in to Acadia National Park and the bus dropped us off at the Carriage Stables. One the agenda today was a Horse Pulled Carriage ride through the park and then a trip up to the summit of Cadillac Mountain. We waited 20-30 minutes for the previous carriage trip to get back which delayed the start of our carriage ride. This later posed a problem for me. I don’t know if anyone else in our group was upset about it but I was. I’m getting ahead of myself though, we’ll get there…
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