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Acadia 2025 Trip Days 4 & 5: Giant Cranberry Island and Heading Back Home

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 Our last full day in Acadia and Alec was looking for something different to do that didn't include biking or hiking. We decided to ferry over to Giant Cranberry Island. But first we had breakfast. Daniel prepared a port wine poached pear and shakshuka with a chocolate croissant for our main dish. It was all quite delicious!  Before we went to pick up the ferry, Alec wanted to walk down to check out a local cafe Dora had told us about. He ordered a pastry and an iced matcha latte. He said they were very good but I just loved the decor inside the cafe. They had adorable fake plants and little lights everywhere.  We walked to the ferry dock and found we only had about 20 minutes to wait. I purchased our tickets online and we all boarded the ferry. It's the "off"/shoulder season in Acadia so the ferry only runs every 3 which means we had 3 hours on Giant Cranberry Island.... well 3 hours is about an hour and a half too long. While Giant Cranberry Island is very quaint an...

Acadia 2025 Trip Day 3: Cadillac and Penobscot Mountains

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 We started our day with a delicious breakfast provided by Dora and cooked by Daniel. Today was a "sweet" day so we started with a delicious raspberry hazelnut tart and then since I didn't like the pancakes on offer (banana & peanut butter with chocolate chips) I got some yogurt with homemade granola and fruit.    It's such a beautiful and relaxing breakfast view; I was so glad it was nice enough to sit outside again today     After breakfast we had some time before our Cadillac mountain summit reservation so we hung out in our room until it was time to leave. We didn't stay at the summit very long; maybe 45 minutes or so. Enough to enjoy the view from multiple angles and stop in the gift shop for a drink and some stickers.  we could see Bar Harbor and Bar island since it was near low tide.    We headed back to Jordan Pond House to park near the trail we wanted to take. We went up the Penobscot trail over to the Deer Brooke Trail and back to J...