Bar Harbor Maine

Downtown Bar Harbor Maine

Thursday July 21 2016 My day started with early morning coffee at the tail gunners RV site. This is a daily activity to help us get to know the other caravan'ers. I met about six men, I remember the names of two of them. Tomorrow is the start of the event and we will all be wearing our name tags, that should make things easier. Not that I'm alone in my forgetfulness. We met another couple from the group in town this afternoon, I had recognized their dogs from the campground. By the time we got home we all remembered the wife, Billee, but not one of the four of us could remember the husbands name.

Millie and I at the Bar Harbor docks

After breakfast we took the jeep into the town of Bar Harbor and did some souvenir shopping and people watching before continuing on a driving tour of Mount Desert Island, which by the way is home to Acadia National Park.

People watching in Bar Harbor

At lunch time we stopped in a small village, I think it was called Swans Cove. We bought sandwiches to go from a coffee shop and ate them outside at a picnic table. We wandered around stopping at some of the scenic overlooks to take pictures and got home around three in the afternoon. Somehow at the start our island circumnavigation we missed the road to the top of Cadillac mountain, the most predominate landmark on the island. We plan on returning in the morning for the drive to the top of the mountain.

We had a small conflict of interest this evening. There was a campfire get together for the Fantasy RV group at 7:30 and an Elvis impersonator at the campground activity center at 7:00. Luckily the Elvis performance was only an hour long so we got to enjoy the show and were only a half hour late for the RV social.

Bruce Nye, the Elvis guy

We got to meet some of our fellow travelers at the social and got to catch the act of a very good Elvis entertainer in his final season. Bruce Nye, the Elvis guy is retiring after the coming winter season in Florida. Millie and I have a special interest in Elvis impersonators, we had a surprise (to the guests) performance at our wedding reception by Myrtle Beaches boardwalk Elvis (David Chaney).

Millie and David Chaney, Myrtle Beaches Boardwalk Elvis