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The Girls Trip Guide to Bar Harbor & Acadia National Park

September 4, 2026

The Girls Trip Guide to Bar Harbor & Acadia National Park

Girls trip to Acadia National Park: four friends posing on Ocean Path near Otter Cliff with pink granite rocks, Frenchman Bay, and fall foliage on the Bar Harbor, Maine coastline, cover photo for The Well Worn Shoes girls trip guide to Acadia and Bar Harbor.
Acadia National Park October Guide: Fall Colors, Weather & What to Pack

August 18, 2026

Acadia National Park October Guide: Fall Colors, Weather & What to Pack

Bright red maple leaf featured over autumn Maine waterway
The Bar Harbor Cheat Sheet: Everything You Need To Know Before You Visit

July 22, 2026

The Bar Harbor Cheat Sheet: Everything You Need To Know Before You Visit

Downtown Bar Harbor's walkable shopping streets in Maine — featured image for a complete Bar Harbor and Acadia travel guide, capturing the village's shops, benches, and small-town charm.
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
One Day In Acadia With Dogs: A Local’s Itinerary

May 12, 2026

One Day In Acadia With Dogs: A Local’s Itinerary

Dog Friendly Acadia National Park: The Ultimate 2026 Guide

May 7, 2026

Dog Friendly Acadia National Park: The Ultimate 2026 Guide

Where To Get The Best Lobster On Mount Desert Island

May 7, 2026

Where To Get The Best Lobster On Mount Desert Island

Bar Harbor Lobster Pound lobster roll in Bar Harbor Maine — close-up of a golden toasted split-top bun overflowing with fresh Maine lobster claw and knuckle meat in branded lobster pound paper with French fries, the star of the best lobster rolls on Mount Desert Island guide and a must-order at one of the most iconic seafood restaurants in Bar Harbor Maine near Acadia National Park
The Best Coastal Maine Road Trip

April 29, 2026

The Best Coastal Maine Road Trip

The Best Coastal Maine Road Trip
The Complete Guide to Schoodic Peninsula in Acadia National Park

April 14, 2026

The Complete Guide to Schoodic Peninsula in Acadia National Park

Schoodic Peninsula sunset in Acadia National Park Maine - wide panoramic view of orange and lavender sky over the Atlantic Ocean from pink granite ledges, with windswept spruce trees and the silhouette of Mount Desert Island on the horizon, capturing the stunning coastal scenery of the Schoodic District and why the Schoodic Peninsula is one of the most beautiful and least crowded areas of Acadia National Park
The Foodie’s Guide to Bar Harbor, Maine

April 1, 2026

The Foodie’s Guide to Bar Harbor, Maine

Iced coffee from Coffee Hound at The Stadium enjoyed at Agamont Park in Bar Harbor, Maine — a Stadium Bar Harbor branded iced coffee cup held up with Frenchman Bay, the Porcupine Islands, and anchored boats on a clear sunny day, highlighting Coffee Hound as one of the best coffee shops in Bar Harbor and Agamont Park as a scenic waterfront spot for eating and relaxing near Acadia National Park on Mount Desert Island, Maine
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Most people plan Acadia and Bar Harbor in the fall Most people plan Acadia and Bar Harbor in the fall off a blog post written by someone who visited once in July. I know I did on my first trip to the park in fall. 

BUT last year, I stayed on Mount Desert Island for 6 months and watched the whole season happen. The guide is what I’d hand a friend: when the leaves actually turn, (or are predicted to, what’s open and what’s closed after peak foliage, the trails and drives worth doing in October and the ones to skip, where to take the dogs once summer rules lift! 

Not on the blog. Not anywhere else. Acadia & Bar Harbor In Fall the 16 page guide written by someone who has both visited in fall and lived there in fall 🍁🧡🍁

Comment FALL and I’ll send you the link.
Nearly 5 million people visit Yellowstone every ye Nearly 5 million people visit Yellowstone every year. Most of the ones coming in from West drive straight through this forest without stopping 🤷🏻‍♀️

We pulled over on a dirt road in the Targhee (one of our favorite ways to explore new places) last night because something big was sitting in the grass, and it turned out to be a Great Gray Owl. We watched it for a while. 

There was no one else around. Not a single car. 

A few things about this bird: it’s the largest owl in North America by length, but it’s mostly feathers and weighs less than a Great Horned. It can hear a vole moving under a foot of snow and dive straight through the crust to get it. And it lives here year-round, 20 minutes from the west entrance, in the part everyone treats as the drive to the good stuff.

THIS is the good stuff.

Phone shot, truck window down, sunset skies turning to cotton candy 😍🤩 my favorite kind of night. 

Save this for your next Yellowstone drive, or keep going straight to Old Faithful with everyone else - totally up to you!
There are feral (wild) horses in a national park a There are feral (wild) horses in a national park and almost nobody knows about it…

Theodore Roosevelt National Park, western North Dakota, about 4 hours from anything. Most people treat it as a gas stop on the way to Montana.

These horses ran alongside us at sunset and I forgot to keep filming for about ten seconds because I was just watching.

Here’s the part that gets complicated: they’re descendants of ranch and Indigenous horses from before the park existed, and the Park Service has gone back and forth for years on whether they belong there at all. Management plans, public comment periods, a lot of people who care very much. As of now, they’re still here running and roaming free. Let’s keep it that way 😉

Go see them. It costs you a detour off I-94 in one of the most underrated park in the system. (And one of the best in my opinion 😉)

📍 @theodorerooseveltnps, North Dakota 🦬🐎
I stayed in Bar Harbor for six months and I still I stayed in Bar Harbor for six months and I still got my first Acadia October wrong. 😅

Here’s what nobody tells you: One facility at a time, across the back half of October closes down for the season. The shuttle goes first. Then campgrounds. Then Jordan Pond House. Then the visitor center. And suddenly all that gorgeous foliage has arrived…along with some closed doors.

If you don’t know the order, you can spend your day driving Park Loop Road desperately hunting for parking and never actually getting out of the car.

Trust me. I’ve done it. 🤦🏻‍♀️

Know the schedule, though, and you get the perfect fall version of Acadia: low golden light, fewer tour buses, fall color, and Cadillac Mountain reservations disappearing by the end of the month.

So I wrote it all down.

Sixteen pages. Every 2026 date verified. Foliage timing (and the best way to track it), the full closing calendar, where the light hits, what’s still open after October 25, 3 different itinerary suggestions, and how to do it all with a dog.

Going to Acadia this fall? This is the guide I wish I’d had the first time. 🍁

Comment FALL and I’ll send you the link to both the blog post and the guide. 🍁🧡🍁
They’re called red dogs, and you can actually watc They’re called red dogs, and you can actually watch them stop being one.

Bison calves are born bright cinnamon-orange, nothing like the dark brown adults. They’ve been called “red dogs” for generations because, well…look at them. 😂

Every one of these was photographed the same evening in Lamar Valley. The bright ones are younger. The darker calves are already changing, brown faces and legs, that shoulder hump starting to come in.

Same herd. Same evening. Calves born weeks apart.

By fall, you won’t be able to pick them out.

And because Lamar during calving season turns everyone into an amateur wildlife photographer: 25 yards. A cow with a calf is not the time to test how fast you can run.

Zoom lens. Not zoom feet.

📍 Lamar Valley, Yellowstone National Park 🦬
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