Acadia Maine 2026 Trip; Day #1

We left last Sunday the 31st to head up to Maine. We stopped in Freeport, Maine to buy some socks for my husband before continuing on to Wiscasset, Maine for lunch at Red's Eats. Typically the line is around the block and takes an hour. This year, for whatever reason, it took 2! It also got really cloudy, windy, and cold while we were waiting. I was not a happy camper but tried to keep my grumbling to a minimum. We both agreed the wait was not worth it at all (now, even the hour wait seems crazy to me as I pretty much wont wait in a line that long for anything but my husband insists they have the best lobster rolls ever).

 

we split this lightly sweetened blueberry soda; it was pretty good

I got the shrimp platter

We made it to our car just as the rain started falling. We settled in for our last 2 1/2 hours into Mount Dessert Island. And checked into our favorite B&B-- Harbour Cottage Inn... only to find our favorite 2 innkeepers Dora and Daniel no longer run the place! 

Seriously, after 4 or so years of coming here they were beginning to feel like family and I was so bummed to hear they no loner worked there. We had debated about staying somewhere else this trip but didn't want to miss seeing them. I was dying to hear how their winter went and I just knew they'd ask what college Evan settled on. Thank goodness we brought Alec to meet them last year and not this year. He and Daniel had hit it off and Daniel gave Alec a tour of the kitchen. But hey, vacation is vacation and I was determined not to let that ruin our time here. I just knew in my heart it wasn't going to be the same though. 

We settled in and walked down to town for dinner at Cafe Drydock. I had the halibut. Oh so good!

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