Today we hopped on the Island Explorer, which is a free bus ride offered in the park and it even made a stop in the campground, so we were on our way before 10 a.m. to spend the day in Bar Harbor. A highlight was to walk across the sand bar at low tide to Bar Island and spend a leisure day walking the town and then take the last shuttle back to the Backwoods Campground before 9 p.m.
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| An early morning walk to the ocean to catch the early morning sun. |
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| It soon disappeared. |
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| No travel day for PeeWee today. |
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| The Island Explorer bus service is free and has many routes that take you through the National Park and Bar Harbor. |
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| Our first item of the day was to walk this sand bar to Bar Island which is only accessible at low tide. |
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| Waiting to cross |
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| Any time now |
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| Now is the time |
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| On the island now. |
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| Note cars in right of photo. Not a good idea to park on the bar at low tide. |
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| Jellyfish left behind when the water receded |
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| View from the island to the town, with Cadillac Mountain behind. |
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| The fully exposed sand bar. |
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| After spending a few hours hiking the island, we made our way back and could see that the tide was slowly coming returning. |
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| Everything will be under water at high tide. |
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| Tide driven waves. |
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| The bar is starting to disappear again. |
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| Boating activity of every size. |
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| Some balancing act |
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| Must have taken a lot of patience |
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| So inviting, but is wasn't open to the public. |
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| What an amazing path which led along the shore on one side and large historic homes on the other. |
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| Cinnamon Fern |
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| This spring has been running since the 1800's |
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| Busses run all day - free |
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| Early evening |
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| It was a balmy evening to stroll the town. |
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