When I last left you in this travelogue on Friday, we had manage to get through the check-in process very quickly and had boarded Holland America's Veendam, our home for the next seven nights. The ship was leaving port at 4 o'clock so we made sure we were up on the Lido Deck for that.
An interesting and exciting thing we experienced as we were departing was going by the island that Boston Logan Airport is on and the planes coming over us to land.
I finally got to see the closest lighthouse in Boston that I didn't see when we took the ferry to Salem. It is the white spot on the island. (I love the camera on my phone because it takes such good clear pictures except for things in the distance. Then they look like they are miles away from me.) I could clearly see as we went by that it was a lighthouse that was no longer in use.
The white speck in the center of this picture is another lighthouse. This is the one I shared when we went to Salem that blinks every 10 seconds. As before, I could see it much clearer than it seems in my picture.
Our first stop was in Bar Harbor, Maine. Instead of docking ashore, the ship dropped anchor out from the coast and we had to take a tender (smaller boat) to shore. We had to get a group number and wait until our number was called (which wasn't too long - no more than 30 minutes).
(This picture was taken when we were returning to our ship, but it isn't always convenient to take a picture when I want to. Arriving everyone is anxious to get ashore and to wherever they are headed.)
From ashore and looking back at our ship...
Bar Harbor is a resort town on Maine's Mount Dessert Island. The business district of Bar Harbor is small - several blocks and with that New England look you see on television to make you feel like you are in New England.
Sorry to say this is the only picture of I took in the business district...but you can get an idea how it looked....
Before we left and friends heard we were going to Bar Harbor, they all said to make sure we took a drive through Acadia National Park. In our situation, taking a drive meant we had to take a trolley tour. We chose not to take an excursion that our ship was offering. Instead as soon as we got on land, we searched out for possible tours we could take. We chose Olis Trolley and scheduled a 2-1/2 hour fully narrated tour of the park. We had a little more than thirty minutes before our tour started, so we walked around the city working our way around to where we would catch the trolley.
Acadia National Park was the first national park east of the Mississippi River. (Make sure you check out the park in the link.) The weather wasn't great that day and our views were not always the best because of the clouds, but I hope you enjoy my pictures.
Thunder Hole was one of the three places we stopped and got off the trolley to further explore.
This is what everyone in the above picture was looking down on. The water/surf rushing in his is where the place gets its name as it sounds like thunder. The water wasn't as forceful when we were there as it can be so the "thunder" wasn't as loud sounding as it can be. It was still beautiful though...
This is where the water comes in...
John D. Rockefeller, Sr. had stones put down along much of the road. They are referred to as "Rockefeller's Teeth"
The house that you can see is owned by Dick Wolf. When he is in residence, he runs a blue flag up the flag pole to let his neighbors know he is home. I have enjoyed many of the television shows he produced.
The view of Jordan Pond in the background from the Jordan Pond House. We didn't have time for their famous popovers because there were so many people there. We did have time to experience the rain that had been threatening us the whole trip. Before picture...
Looking back to Jordan Pond House (restaurant)
I love taking pictures of signs....
And then the rains came just that quickly...(we sought refuge in the gift shop)
Another view of Jordan Pond as we were continued to get higher and higher...
This is what the view looked like with my camera...
Here is the picture cropped so you can see the rock in the center of the picture on the side of the hill. That rock was left there by glaciers that formed the park's rocky terrain.
One of the carriage roads that John D. Rockefeller, Sr had built in the park...
Finally at the highest point of the park, Cadillac Mountain. It was misting rain while we were there and we couldn't see anything because of the clouds. It is the first place to view the sunrise in the United States from October 7 to March 6. (Our driver didn't limit the time.)
On our way down...
When we got back to Bar Harbor we enjoyed lunch before heading back to be tendered back to our ship. We had an early departure of 3:00 that day. I would have enjoyed another hour or two to really be able to explore the shops in Bar Harbor. Guess we will have to go back again some day. Acadia National Park is a beautiful park and I am glad we were able to explore it even with the low clouds and a little rain.
If you have ever been on a cruise, you know how every night when your stewards turn your beds down, they leave a "towel animal" on the bed. This darling elephant was the one left that night. It was our favorite one...truly amazing how they do this.
The next day we docked in Halifax, Nova Scotia, my first time ever in Canada.
See other posts on:
Halifax, Nova Scotia Sidney, Nova Scotia
An interesting and exciting thing we experienced as we were departing was going by the island that Boston Logan Airport is on and the planes coming over us to land.
I finally got to see the closest lighthouse in Boston that I didn't see when we took the ferry to Salem. It is the white spot on the island. (I love the camera on my phone because it takes such good clear pictures except for things in the distance. Then they look like they are miles away from me.) I could clearly see as we went by that it was a lighthouse that was no longer in use.
The white speck in the center of this picture is another lighthouse. This is the one I shared when we went to Salem that blinks every 10 seconds. As before, I could see it much clearer than it seems in my picture.
Our first stop was in Bar Harbor, Maine. Instead of docking ashore, the ship dropped anchor out from the coast and we had to take a tender (smaller boat) to shore. We had to get a group number and wait until our number was called (which wasn't too long - no more than 30 minutes).
(This picture was taken when we were returning to our ship, but it isn't always convenient to take a picture when I want to. Arriving everyone is anxious to get ashore and to wherever they are headed.)
From ashore and looking back at our ship...
Bar Harbor is a resort town on Maine's Mount Dessert Island. The business district of Bar Harbor is small - several blocks and with that New England look you see on television to make you feel like you are in New England.
Sorry to say this is the only picture of I took in the business district...but you can get an idea how it looked....
Before we left and friends heard we were going to Bar Harbor, they all said to make sure we took a drive through Acadia National Park. In our situation, taking a drive meant we had to take a trolley tour. We chose not to take an excursion that our ship was offering. Instead as soon as we got on land, we searched out for possible tours we could take. We chose Olis Trolley and scheduled a 2-1/2 hour fully narrated tour of the park. We had a little more than thirty minutes before our tour started, so we walked around the city working our way around to where we would catch the trolley.
Acadia National Park was the first national park east of the Mississippi River. (Make sure you check out the park in the link.) The weather wasn't great that day and our views were not always the best because of the clouds, but I hope you enjoy my pictures.
Thunder Hole was one of the three places we stopped and got off the trolley to further explore.
This is what everyone in the above picture was looking down on. The water/surf rushing in his is where the place gets its name as it sounds like thunder. The water wasn't as forceful when we were there as it can be so the "thunder" wasn't as loud sounding as it can be. It was still beautiful though...
This is where the water comes in...
John D. Rockefeller, Sr. had stones put down along much of the road. They are referred to as "Rockefeller's Teeth"
The house that you can see is owned by Dick Wolf. When he is in residence, he runs a blue flag up the flag pole to let his neighbors know he is home. I have enjoyed many of the television shows he produced.
The view of Jordan Pond in the background from the Jordan Pond House. We didn't have time for their famous popovers because there were so many people there. We did have time to experience the rain that had been threatening us the whole trip. Before picture...
Looking back to Jordan Pond House (restaurant)
I love taking pictures of signs....
And then the rains came just that quickly...(we sought refuge in the gift shop)
Another view of Jordan Pond as we were continued to get higher and higher...
This is what the view looked like with my camera...
Here is the picture cropped so you can see the rock in the center of the picture on the side of the hill. That rock was left there by glaciers that formed the park's rocky terrain.
One of the carriage roads that John D. Rockefeller, Sr had built in the park...
Finally at the highest point of the park, Cadillac Mountain. It was misting rain while we were there and we couldn't see anything because of the clouds. It is the first place to view the sunrise in the United States from October 7 to March 6. (Our driver didn't limit the time.)
On our way down...
When we got back to Bar Harbor we enjoyed lunch before heading back to be tendered back to our ship. We had an early departure of 3:00 that day. I would have enjoyed another hour or two to really be able to explore the shops in Bar Harbor. Guess we will have to go back again some day. Acadia National Park is a beautiful park and I am glad we were able to explore it even with the low clouds and a little rain.
If you have ever been on a cruise, you know how every night when your stewards turn your beds down, they leave a "towel animal" on the bed. This darling elephant was the one left that night. It was our favorite one...truly amazing how they do this.
The next day we docked in Halifax, Nova Scotia, my first time ever in Canada.
See other posts on:
Halifax, Nova Scotia Sidney, Nova Scotia
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