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The Complete Guide to the Best Bars in Bar Harbor, Maine

June 18, 2026

The Complete Guide to the Best Bars in Bar Harbor, Maine

A craft cocktail at a Bar Harbor brewery bar in Maine — featured image for a guide to the best bars in Bar Harbor, designed to work as a Pinterest preview.
The Complete Guide To Getting Out On Frenchmans Bay

June 9, 2026

The Complete Guide To Getting Out On Frenchmans Bay

Complete guide to Frenchman Bay near Bar Harbor, Maine - featured image of the working harbor with moored sailboats, a classic Maine tugboat, and pine-covered Bar Island under dramatic clouds, the iconic view anchoring a complete guide to boat tours, whale watching, kayaking, sailing, and fishing charters near Acadia National Park on Mount Desert Island
The Best Sunset Spots in Acadia National Park

May 26, 2026

The Best Sunset Spots in Acadia National Park

Best sunset spots in Acadia National Park - featured image of a pastel pink and purple sunset over Seal Cove with a lobster boat and seaweed-covered low-tide ledges, a guide to the most peaceful, crowd-free sunset viewing spots on the quiet side of Mount Desert Island, Maine

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Three years on the road and this country still isn Three years on the road and this country still isn’t done surprising me. Happy 250th. 🇺🇸
Somewhere Alan Jackson is nodding right now Somewhere Alan Jackson is nodding right now
A dog-friendly sunset spot in New River Gorge? Sig A dog-friendly sunset spot in New River Gorge? Sign me up. 🐾

Loki claimed the overlook wall at Sandstone Falls like he’d personally filed the deed. One blue eye on the view, one on anyone who looked like they might have snacks.

If you’re heading to New River Gorge, here’s the move:

🌅 Sandstone Falls Overlook (off Hwy. 20), easy pull-off, front-row seats to sunset.

🥾 Sandstone Falls Boardwalk, a little farther out, but I’d make the drive every single time. Get there about an hour before sunset and watch the whole place turn gold. It’s one of those spots that quietly reminds you why you got in the car in the first place.

Have you been? 🌅
While everyone else was claiming their sunset spot While everyone else was claiming their sunset spot three hours early, we were sitting on the rocks at Schoodic wondering how an entire peninsula could be this empty. Maine really said, “The crowd goes left. The magic goes right.”

—-> Grab my Complete Schoodic Guide at the link in stories 🫶
I stand by every single one of these. Mostly. 🎸 S I stand by every single one of these. Mostly. 🎸

Some of these were obvious. Some of these came to me somewhere between mile 300 and a gas station coffee that tasted like regret.

Save this for your next road trip playlist, send it to the friend who has very strong opinions about Yosemite, and prepare to argue with me in the comments.

Because apparently assigning 90s songs to National Parks is serious business.

Which one did I absolutely get wrong? 👇
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