Bar Harbor, Maine, population 5,000 .... until the cruise ships come in, that is. Then it doubles for the day. This is not unfamiliar to the residents, as Bar Harbor was another one of those playgrounds for the rich and famous - Rockefellers, Vanderbilts, Astors, Carnegies, and Morgans, to name a few. Those glory days may be gone, but tourism is still quite a lucrative business for the locals.
Had a nice trip up through Acadia National Park to the top of Cadillac Mountain. At 1,500 feet high, it's the tallest point on the eastern coast of the US, and the first spot in the US to see the sun rise. The trees are beginning to change, and there is already a lot of red showing in the maples. From the top of Cadillac Mountain we can see the five Porcupine Islands ... and the two cruise ships - the Emerald Princess and Holland America's Maasdam.
Some curious facts we learned today: Maine is half-way between the equator and the North Pole. 40 million pounds of lobster is caught off the Maine coast. Lobster is fat-free (if you don't dip it in butter). 90% of the US toothpick supply is produced in Maine. Maine is the only state with a one-syllable name. (And you thought all we did on a cruise was eat and drink!)
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