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ste of maine lobster definitely not the last also i highly recommend the high roller in portland day 2 was a big day with lots of rain so after walking around the city of portland for a while i called it a night in the local hostel which i m definitely too old for hostels but at the black elephant you can get a private room just have to share bathrooms also it s really well located in the city and is decorated in wes anderson style it s pretty decent for a hostel day 3 portland me to bar harbor me in addition to all of the food recommendations another thing people said i had to do in portland was the portland head lighthouse it s a little bit of a drive from downtown to cape elizabeth but i had some breakfast in town before heading out that way the drive isn t too bad and the cape is pretty nice however i was there for all of the fog i hung out around the cape and in the park for almost 2 hours and the fog just didn t want to let up even when the sun was fully out it was still somehow foggy but i enjoyed exploring the park the lighthouse is in and made my way into town for a whoppie pie another maine thing it was just alright for me though i m not a huge sweets person portland head lighthouse without much light whoppie pies are a maine thing i could ve definitely spent more time hanging out around portland as it was a cool city but my next destination was bar harbor i stopped in bangor maine along the way to check out another atlas obscura item the town of bangor was cuter than i expected it had a cute downtown with restaurants and thrift shops and a river that was kind of picturesque i was flying out of bangor at the end of my trip so i was glad that i d get to re visit this city atlas obscura find huge paul bunyan statue was actually kind of terrifying had a late lunch in bangor at sea dog brewery their beers were also tasty after a little time in bangor i made my way towards bar harbor but i had to pull over when i saw this roadside antique shop that was not to be missed i m so glad i stopped it was the perfect little road trip break to stretch my legs and have a photo op fun stop on my way from bangor to bar harbor an antique store with all of the fun things after a morning in portland an afternoon in bangor i finally made it to my destination for the next 2 nights bar harbor the weather was beautiful when i arrived and i walked around the adorable tourist town and sat by the water before heading to my air b n b for the night but not before i stopped in acadia national park to watch the sunset it was a little hazy but still a great end to the day bar harbor is beautiful i can see why people summer here the national park pass purchased for utah and wyoming has come in handy this year day 4 acadia national park bar harbor i spent the full day in bar harbor and most of it in acadia national park i got up early and drove to the park my air b n b host had suggested starting with sand beach it was already busy when i got there around 8 30 i found parking in a lot luckily and walked the ocean path down to the beach everything was very foggy similar to when i went to the portland lighthouse you really couldn t see much at the beach so i made my way to thunder hole which was in walking distance to sand beach a line of people were also waiting there but you could still see the waves that the hole makes when the tide recedes then comes back in it was worth the wait and walk i continued to just walk around the ocean path for maybe 3 miles total just taking in the coast and hoping that the fog would let up some it was still beautiful even with the fog acadia national park it was foggy the entire time but still really beautiful i got back into my car after walking the path for some time and drove to a couple of other spots on the park map people had suggested stopping at the jordan pond house to get lunch but reservations were already full when i had checked and there were so many cars parked there when i decided to just try and stop by i still enjoyed my time taking in the park even though i didn t get to actually see very much of the scenery after a day of walking and exploring nature it was time for some lunch and beverages right i had seen on my drive in that bar harbor had a winery so i had to stop there it was pretty decent there were a couple of wines that i liked and the host paired some with chocolates which was also a nice touch i stopped for lunch at a lobster pound on the way into town and had a blueberry atlantic beer which is my new favorite beer above bar harbor winery with chocolate pairing below waiting at lobster pound for my crab sandwich with my new favorite beer after grabbing lunch and some drinks i went back to downtown bar harbor and did some shopping walked the shore path and had another beer while listening to some live music outside an adorable inn in town such a great way to relax after an active morning i ended the evening at my air b n b with some more of my favorite beer i bought a 4 pack to take with me on the road to my next stop canada above taking in another beer and some live music in bar harbor ending at my air b n b by the water with another beer it was a big beverage day i guess yolo haha day 5 bar harbor to saint john new brunswick canada i really enjoyed bar harbor it was probably one of my favorite places on this trip it was time however to say goodbye to the us and check off a couple of more provinces in canada last year i went to montreal and quebec city growing up in cleveland i had also been to toronto a couple of times on this trip i was going to check off 2 more provinces new brunswick and nova scotia i m not really sure why i landed on saint john when i was doing research it was one of the cities that popped up when researching the area the city was billed as the oldest city in canada i pictured it to be something similar to when i went to montreal or quebec city last year this however would not be the case i got to the border and the border patrol woman really wasn t buying it when i said i was going to saint john for vacation for two days without much of a plan i would later come to see why or maybe she s just really good at her job it was hard to tell before i got to saint john however i stopped in the adorable coastal town of st andrew it was a cute fishing town and even though it was you guessed it foggy i enjoyed walking around the historic points through town and the beach war of 1812 blockhouse in st andrew s adorable downtown st andrew s on the coast in st andrew s i arrived in saint john why st andrew s is abbreviated and possessive i do not know the border patrol woman corrected me when i tried to refer to saint john in the same way and it was too early to check into my hotel so i walked around the city for a while and had some lunch i was a little disappointed this was not an adorable fishing town or european picturesque city this was reminding me a little of the steel belt where i am from the locals were out and about mixed with families of tourists and it was an odd combination it was also still foggy i was getting a little downtrodden on my choice to stay in saint john but things perked up when i checked into my victorian mansion of a hotel i also decided to check out a couple of things on my list of the city which weren t what i had expected but i was learning about the city i found a bar that had trivia going on in it and that was my entertainment for the evening i was also glad i had the 4 pack now 3 pack of beer in my hotel waiting for me day 5 had started out strong but was probably not my overall favorite above loyalist home from revolutionary war period or as they refer to it in canada the war of independence below my victorian mansion hotel victorian architecture is big in saint john as is its loyalist history above saint john s city market which was cute but a little underwhelming below reversing falls which comes from the saint john river and bay of fundy intermixing this also is where supposedly pangaea pulled apart separating north america south america and africa above terrifying statue park with saint john historical figures below another war of 1812 tower a foggy irving park beach day 6 saint john to digby nova scotia and back to saint john after seeing that saint john didn t have as much going on as i thought that made my decision to get up really early and hop a ferry to nova scotia even easier i had debated taking the rental car onto the ferry and driving around nova scotia but i was going back to saint john later that day and didn t want to spend my whole day in a vehicle i made the decision to just walk on the ferry and do a day cruise which was a cheaper option anyways this trip was not cheap all of those seafood meals add up the ferry itself called the rose fortune named after an african american loyalist she fled the states and made her home in canada was a really nice ship i ve taken boats to the lake erie islands and was expecting more of something similar but this was more like a cruise ship it had a movie lounge cafes gift shop and an educator gave periodic talks on the bay of fundy which i found helpful and gave me something to do on the 2 hour ride movie lounge on the ferry to nova scotia i was hoping that the town of digby where we were docking would be close to the port but alas you really need a car to get from the port to the town also uber is not a thing in nova scotia a woman who worked for the ferry was kind enough to call me a cab and the cab driver came quickly however he did not take credit card or american money but he drove me to a bank and i got some canadian cash out he also gave me his card to call him for later when i d have to go back to the port this would definitely come in handy later the town of digby was somewhere in between the cute fishing town of st andrew s and the rough around the edges vibe of saint john and it was definitely small however the sun was out and it was the end of my trip and i was content to sit with a book and a drink and look at the beautiful surroundings of nova scotia digby ns canada i walked through one end of town to a couple of shops and down by the water and decided to go to the admiral digby museum to kill some time i ended up spending almost 2 hours there not because there was a lot to see but that i ended up getting a guided tour from the curator and we chatted a lot throughout the tour it was helpful to learn more about digby their history and also more about this part of the world after an educational morning i went to get some lunch on the water digby is known for scallops so i had to get some before i went back to new brunswick the scallops on the menu were to be served fried which just seemed criminal so i asked for them to be pan seared they were seared with way too much oil for my liking but the texture was certainly phenomenal i had a great meal digby scallops and haddock which i also had in maine it s a local fish digby ns after lunch i went to a couple of more shops and a park and then literally sat on the dock of the bay of fundy reading and writing postcards and journaling when it was time to check in for my ferry back i walked back to the admiral digby museum and asked if they would call my cabbie to take me back to the port they did and he was there quickly to take me back i was glad to spend the day in nova scotia even if the town didn t offer a ton to do and i didn t get to explore the province as much as i would ve liked if i had a car when i got back to saint john there was still sun so i walked around and explored the city in literally a whole new light saint john had a lot more going on this evening probably since the sun was out and i came upon a container village which i wish i would ve know about earlier it is a whole set up of vendors and bars built within shipping containers i thought it was a cool spin on the industrial city above saint john out of the fog and in the light below bar in the container village above more of saint john in the light below more of the container village i was so glad that i got to experience the bay of fundy and saint john in the sun i ended the day with my final lobster roll of the trip which actually was better than the one i had in maine day 7 saint john to bangor me even though i ended up enjoying saint john more by the second night it was time to leave my coastal trip was coming to an end my flight was going to be out of bangor in the afternoon so i had some time to kill in the am before i returned my car in maine i decided to revisit one of the nearby towns that i had loved st andrew s i had coffee and a breakfast sandwich in this adorable coffee shop honeybean s how cute is even the name in st andrew s it seemed to be a go to spot for locals and tourists alike coffee at honeybean s in st andrew s i went to a nearby antique shop and also saw a couple of gorgeous buildings like this baptist church which i fell in love with i love yellow cool baptist church in st andrew s nb canada on my way to st andrew s the first time i had noticed a sign for st croix international park i had some more time to kill after my morning in st andrew s so i decided to hit it on my way back to the states there wasn t much to the canadian side of the park but i learned that this was an international park and that both the us and canada had some claim to it the actual island itself that lies between the two countries isn t open to visit but you can visit the visitors centers in both countries the island hosted the first french settlers to the region and was a place where they were quarantined when the realized they couldn t withstand the cold winter canadian side of st croix island well now i had accepted the challenge that i was going to visit both countries sides to this park island but first i rolled through another adorable town that had a market going st stephen s this would be my last town in new brunswick and in canada cute market in cute st stephen s crossing back into the us the border patrol guy on this end of the border gave me much less hard of a time probably since i was returning as a citizen not entering as a guest us side of st croix island same information but this time statues after my morning of exploring it was time to head back to bangor grab some lunch and then return my rental car and catch my flight back to richmond all in all another successful solo trip i m getting so good at this i have one last little getaway before reality sets in i m heading to north carolina for a beach week with my family to close out july and usher in august before i head back to work in a couple of weeks i love summer and this one has been one of the best peace julia posted by julia at 10 02 am no comments older posts home subscribe to posts atom followers favorite websites http www usccb org julia strukely collected writings and work subscribe to posts atom posts all comments atom all comments books that will change your life 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