October 5th - Day 19

DH's birthday complete with breakfast in bed and smoldering hot candles (glad I took the battery out of the smoke detector!).Took the Island Explorer Shuttle to Bar Harbor. Did a little window shopping before the next shuttle came which we took to the Jordan Pond House http://thejordanpondhouse.com/ for lunch.
Lunch: We started with Bar Harbor microbrewed blueberry and real ale beers. Then we had the Jordan Pond House's infamous popover with strawberry jam. They were AMAZING much to our surprise. And while in Maine, we had to have seafood: L had the lobster roll (picked lobster on a roll - no icky carcass to deal with) and DH had the recommended crab cakes with green onion sauce. Fabulous. Can highly recommend Jordan Pond House (pricey though).

Strolled around the one mile nature trail by Jordan Pond which is reportedly the clearest and cleanest lake in Maine. We can verify it is very clear!
Took the shuttle back to Bar Harbor and did some shopping and got a few things. Most of the stores close at the end of the month for the season and there were some items we just had to have. ;-) There was one cruise ship in today and lots of buses so it was busy.
I messed up reading the shuttle schedule and so we had a longer wait for the next campground shuttle and we headed over to the Irish Pub right on the Village Green for some more Bar Harbor Real Ale beers and popcorn. Nice way to pass the time on a lovely sunny day.

DH had a fantastic birthday he said. My job is done!