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July 21, 2026

Complete MDI Bundle

Complete MDI Bundle

$57.00

Complete MDI Bundle

All four Well Worn Shoes guides to Mount Desert Island in one bundle: the Complete Bar Harbor Guide ($29), Bar Harbor With Your Dog ($17), the Complete Acadia National Park Guide ($34), and the Dog-Friendly Acadia Guide ($17). Normally $97. Get everything for $57; you save $49.

✔ Four instant PDF downloads – all four guides arrive by email within minutes of purchase

✔ All updated for 2026

✔ All sales final – digital products

+ Bonus Bar Harbor/Acadia Cheat Sheet!

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The Complete MDI Bundle

You’re planning a trip to Mount Desert Island. You want the real information, from someone who actually lived there.

Here it is. Everything.

The Complete MDI Bundle gives you all four Well Worn Shoes guides, the complete Bar Harbor destination guide, the dog-specific Bar Harbor guide, the comprehensive Acadia National Park guide with full 1-through-5-day itineraries, and the dog-friendly Acadia trail guide with Paw Scores™. Together, they cover everything you need to plan and execute the best possible trip to MDI, whether you’re a first-timer trying to hit the headliners, a dog parent trying to figure out where you can actually go, or a slow traveler who wants to know what the locals know.

Normally $97 if you bought each guide separately. Yours for $57. You save $49.


What’s in the bundle:

📖 The Complete Bar Harbor Guide ($29 value)

The Complete Guide To Bar Harbor covers every restaurant Brian and I have personally eaten at, every bar worth your evening, hotels for every budget, the hidden gems most visitors drive past, a blueberry drink map, water activity breakdown, shopping, day trips, rainy-day plans, and hour-by-hour itineraries for 1, 2, and 3 days. The definitive Bar Harbor destination guide.

🐾 Bar Harbor With Your Dog ($17 value)

Built specifically for dog travelers: every dog-friendly patio restaurant, the Perfect Dog-Friendly Day itinerary, where to swim (and when the beach bans kick in), where to stay with dogs, daycare and vet resources, a full packing list, and the hidden gems your dog will love.

🏔 The Complete Acadia National Park Guide ($34 value)

Acadia planning from someone who spent six months living beside the park. Full hour-by-hour itineraries for 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 days. Hike recommendations by fitness level. The Cadillac sunrise reservation hack. Schoodic Peninsula full day plan with both the Schoodic and Quiet Side Day 3 options mapped out. Sunrise and sunset spots beyond the obvious. 2026 logistics including the new non-resident surcharge, Park Loop Road status, and Island Explorer schedule.

🐕 Dog-Friendly Acadia Guide ($17 value)

Acadia specifically for dog parents: 13 rated trails with Paw Scores™, off-leash opportunities, dog-friendly water tours, campgrounds with dog amenities (including two RV parks with on-site fenced dog parks), the Bark Ranger program, tick safety protocol, and a full 3-day dog-friendly Acadia itinerary.


The bundle is right for you if:

✅ You’re planning a trip to both Bar Harbor and Acadia (almost everyone does both; they’re on the same island)

✅ You’re traveling with a dog and want the full picture on what’s accessible, what’s restricted, and what’s genuinely worth your dog’s time

✅ You want hour-by-hour itineraries instead of a list of “top things to do”

✅ You want to do this trip once and do it right


Hi, I’m Vanessa. Brian and I spent six months living near Bar Harbor in 2025, him guiding sea kayak tours with Coastal Kayaking Tours, me exploring every corner of MDI with our three dogs, Loki, Freya, and Caly. These four guides are what we know. We built them so you can show up to MDI with a plan, not a pile of open browser tabs.


✔ Four instant PDF downloads – all four guides arrive by email within minutes of purchase

✔ All updated for 2026

✔ All sales final – digital products

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Hi! I'm Vanessa, a 30 something, sunset chasing traveler. I'm here to inspire you to travel wherever, whenever, and with whoever you can. My Huskies, Loki and Freya are usually along for the ride. I have a soul that likes to wander, a desire to experience the unknown, and a curiousity to discover things off the beaten path. I hope you'll stick around for awhile!

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Most people drive right past this part of Florida Most people drive right past this part of Florida on their way to the beach. The manatees have other plans.

Wakulla Springs, about 15 miles south of Tallahassee, is one of the largest and deepest freshwater springs in the world. The water stays in the 60s year-round, making it a pretty appealing winter escape for manatees. We went in February, unsure we’d see any this far north.

Turns out, we worried for nothing.

We did both experiences: the park’s daily boat tour from the historic lodge, cruising the spring with a ranger who knows every bird, gator, and probably their extended family ($8 for adults, $5 for kids). Then, the following morning, we took kayaks out on the Wakulla River with @tnthideaway.

Just Brian and me on the river. No baiting wildlife, no crowds, just a quiet morning with manatees doing their thing beneath us. I don’t know if that’s technically therapy, but I’m counting it.

And the lodge deserves a mention of its own. Built in 1937, it’s all marble floors, an old-school soda fountain, and riverfront rooms. Creature from the Black Lagoon and the original Tarzan films were shot here, too.

This is the side of Florida I didn’t know I needed. And coming from someone who would generally rather be in a national park surrounded by snow, that’s saying something.

✨ Save this for winter 2027! Finally getting this one out of the drafts. Full blog guide coming.
We tried to elope here. The Air Force had other pl We tried to elope here. The Air Force had other plans. 😂

We lived in El Paso for 10 months, and White Sands was our favorite excuse to chase the last bit of daylight. So we decided to get married in the dunes. Just us, the dogs, and a whole lot of white gypsum sand.

We got the permit. Picked a date. Had a plan. Then a plane went down in the dunes the week before, and the park closed after the first mile. 💀

We ended up getting married somewhere with fewer aircraft (Cloudcroft), but White Sands still has a piece of our hearts. Last slide is our actual elopement in Cloudcroft 😅

If you go:
🤍 Bring the dogs. The entire park is dog-friendly on leash.
🛷 Rent a sled at the visitor center or bring your own. 
🌅 Stay for sunset. The pink sand and long shadows are worth the wait.
🚧 Check for missile-testing closures before you drive out.

Sometimes the places that don’t go according to plan become your favorite stories anyway.

🧡 Save this for your New Mexico road trip, and follow along for more places worth pulling over for!
Going to Salem on Halloween and starting to freak Going to Salem on Halloween and starting to freak out about the crowds? It’s the 400th and I get it, but trust me, Halloween in Salem can be epic if you know the clock, and plan ahead. 

Every year I watch people roll in at 11 am looking for parking downtown (it’s not going to happen), or standing on Essex Street at 10:45 pm looking for a cab. The town is not set up for either. 

I lived in Massachusetts for 7 years and visited Salem often (at every time of year). This is the schedule I’d text a friend.

The rest of it, the week-by-week crowd calendar, the lots by address, the kids version, and what’s different this year, is in the Ultimate Salem Guide ($) and the Salem Cheat Sheet ($). Comment WITCH and I’ll send you both links., plus all of my Salem blog posts! 

And be good to the people who live there. Remember it’s their street before it’s your Halloween. 🎃
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Cohab Canyon, Capitol Reef. In the 1880s, the story goes, Mormon men with multiple wives ducked into this canyon when U.S. marshals came looking. Whether every detail checks out, the name stuck.

It’s a short hike from Fruita Campground, with a steep first quarter-mile before the red walls, honeycombed rock, and little side slots take over. About 1.5 miles to the overlooks, where the valley and orchards spread out below.

Finish at Sunset Point, a quick walk from the car, where the cliffs do their thing.

Captiol Reef was one of my favorites in Utah! How about you?
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Park Loop Road is open until December (weather permitting). Cadillac stops needing a reservation on the 26th. All 45 miles of carriage road are open and yellow. 

What you give up is the Island Explorer, the park campgrounds, peak color on the mountains, and the crowds. I’ll take that trade every year.

Everything above, plus the hour-by-hour late-October day, where to stay when the campgrounds close, and the dog version are in the Acadia & Bar Harbor In Fall guide ($). 

Comment FALL and I’ll send the link.

Pack for chilly and wet weather! The moody-ness of Maine at the end of October is unmatched!
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