Bar Harbor, Maine

We spent the summmer of 2005 in Bar Harbor. This is a copy of an email I sent to a friend about our stay, and our summer job.

Aloha from Bar Harbor, Maine!
We are in the thick of it now! Even though it’s peak season here in Bar Harbor, we actually have two days off in a row this week. Only problem is we only have one day off together. I’m really liking working for this kayak and bike rental company, lots of new people to meet and the time flies when it’s busy like this. If I get a lunch break, I borrow a bike and ride up into the carriage roads for a daily workout. Or if I have to wait a couple hours for Howard to get off, I take my ride. I’m riding six days a week! I think I’m losing weight, since I’m hungry all the time and I even eat a small breakfast every day (a new thing for me!). As for Howard, his job is a lot more than driving the van for kayak tours. He also has to load and unload the kayaks, which weigh over a hundred pounds. Even though the kayak guide helps out, his arms and shoulders are painful and sore every day.
The Acadia National Park is just beautiful. We have tried to bike or hike on our days off, and Howard even got me into a kayak (my arms were sore!). We are living in a campground on the other side of the island from Bar Harbor, it’s nice and quiet, with quite a few seasonal campers around us. There are a few nice little restaurants in town, and a small grocery store across from the campground.
The weather has turned warm and sunny, finally. When we got here in May, it rained for one week straight. We thought we had made a mistake coming to Bar Harbor! I went to work dressed in four layers of clothing for three weeks! I finally can work on the tan, and go to work in shorts every day.

We had to leave our jobs that August to work cat adjuster for Hurricane Katrina. Our stay lasted from late May to late August.