Bar Harbor

Our stop in Bar Harbor was a bit of a let down. Bar Harbor is home to Acadia National Park, where we planned to rent a bike and enjoy the park. However this is a federal park, closed to us tourist until the government can get its act together. All we could do is admire it from afar. Very afar.

 

Bar Harbor is clearly a tourist trap town.

 

Bar Harbor is mainly a place for cruise ships to dock and rich folks to live.

We set off on a self-guided tour around town, enjoying views of the harbor and admiring the expensive homes.

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We peeked into one of the historic churches, Saint Saviour's Episcopal Church and Rectory.

 

Built in 1877, it's a baby in the world of churches.

 Its claim to fame are the stained glass windows.  Not this one, although I really like it. I'm pretty sure the apostles wore yellow raincoats.

 

The real treasures are this one

 

and this one,

 

and this one, as well as 7 others, which were done by Louis Comfort Tiffany.

Other points of interest in St. Saviour's: the burial spot in the center of the main aisle, forcing visitors to walk over the top of Morris. When they say he "died at this place", I'm going to assume they mean the town, not the middle of church.

And finally, a guide said this statue spent much of her life modestly covered with a swath of fabric, deemed to be too risqué for a church. Apparently, she's ok in today's world.



 

I'm relieved to see we've progress from little faces to weeping willows.

 

Our final stop was *my* ice cream parlor that I forgot I had.

Best stop of our Bar Harbor excursion!

 

Later, Stan and I enjoyed the art for sale on the ship. Clearly, the ship only offers masterpiece level work. Now where should we hang it in our home......

 

Next: Saint John's