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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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Acadia has 45 miles of roads where cars are absolu Acadia has 45 miles of roads where cars are absolutely not invited.

And honestly? More national parks should take notes.

John D. Rockefeller Jr. built Acadia’s carriage roads between 1913 and 1940 because he wanted to explore Mount Desert Island without sharing it with automobiles. Crushed stone, 17 stone-faced bridges, roads carefully curved around the landscape instead of bulldozing through it.

Basically: a billionaire built the world’s prettiest bike path and we all get to use it. Cool.

🚲 Class 1 e-bikes permitted 

Eagle Lake is the classic - about six miles around the water, with views that fully justify the hype.

But Witch Hole Pond is my favorite. Smaller, quieter, marshy, beaver-y, and usually a whole lot less “excuse me, are we all stopping here?”

And if you really want to get away from the crowds, head out on the quieter side of the carriage road system.

Rent a bike in Bar Harbor and go.

I highly recommend @coastalkayakingacadiabike they rent bikes specifically for exploring Acadia’s carriage roads and can help you figure out what route (and what bike) makes sense for your day.

It’s one of the best things to do in Acadia that doesn’t require a reservation, a permit, or a 4am alarm.

Just a bike, some crushed gravel, and 45 miles of “wait…why doesn’t every national park have this?”

Save this for your Acadia trip. 🚲
I’ve been to 22 national parks, which is obviously I’ve been to 22 national parks, which is obviously enough to have strong opinions and not enough to be an official National Park expert. 

So naturally, I ranked them.

These are my completely unscientific national park rankings, based on scenery, dogs, road-trip vibes, questionable decisions, and how personally offended my knees felt afterward.

Basically, I’ve spent a lot of time driving around the country looking at rocks, wildlife, mountains, and occasionally wondering why I thought that hike was a good idea.

And if you’re a fellow millennial who plans trips around national parks, takes the scenic route on purpose, and thinks a good road trip is a perfectly reasonable personality trait…

Hi 👋🏻 We should probably be friends. 🥾🏕️
Unpopular opinion: Bryce is better than Zion, and Unpopular opinion: Bryce is better than Zion, and I am fully prepared to defend this position 😂🏜️

Everyone books Zion. It’s the one on the list. The one your coworker did last spring. The one with the 7am shuttle line, the permit lottery, and the hike everyone has the same photo from.

It’s incredible. It’s also basically a logistics internship.

Bryce? You just drive there.

Pull over. Walk 20 feet. And suddenly you’re standing over thousands of hoodoos glowing orange and pink as the light moves across them.

If I had one day:

→ Sunrise Point for sunrise. Yes, the name is that literal.

→ Sunset Point later in the day. Same amphitheater, completely different light.

→ Wall Street + Queen’s Garden. The one to do. You drop into the hoodoos instead of just looking at them. Under three miles and wildly worth it.

→ Bryce Market & Grocery for lunch. Not fancy. Actually good. And you don’t have to drive 40 minutes for food.

I’ll give Zion the hiking variety. And nothing at Bryce touches the Narrows ir Angels Landing…

But if you want to stand somewhere that looks like the planet got bored and started making things up?

Bryce. Every time.

Tell me I’m wrong. 🧡

📍 Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah
At @whitesandsnps, your dog can go everywhere you At @whitesandsnps, your dog can go everywhere you can go (besides in buildings).

Not the parking lot. Not one sad paved trail. The entire dune field. Every ridge, bowl, and stretch of impossible white sand, just leash up (please) and go.

If you travel with dogs, you know how rare that is.

And sunset? Actually worth the hype. The dunes go pink, then gold, then blue. The heat breaks, the crowds disappear, and the sand holds onto the last light like it has somewhere to be.

Loki lost his mind. Freya ran the ridgelines. Caly, tiny but mighty, was absolutely convinced she owned the place.

A few things to know: the gypsum stays surprisingly cool underfoot, but there’s zero shade, so bring water. Check park hours, too, missile testing can affect access.

One of the best day these three have had in a national park. Not even close.

White Sands National Park, New Mexico 🤍
🍁 October in Acadia is beautiful. It’s also absolu 🍁 October in Acadia is beautiful. It’s also absolutely unhinged. 🍁

45 minutes to get through the gate on a Saturday. Parking lots full by 9. Infrastructure built for a fraction of the people who now want to see the same six viewpoints in the same six weeks.

And yet…I get it.

Red maple and birch against pink granite and the Atlantic. The whole island turns into the New England postcard living rent-free in everyone’s head.

I stayed on Mount Desert Island for six months. Here’s what I’d actually do:

🍁 Aim for the first two weeks of October, but watch the foliage instead of trusting a calendar.

🍁 Go Tuesday–Thursday. A Wednesday and a Saturday are basically different parks.

🍁 Get in by 7 a.m. Cadillac requires a $6 reservation through October 25, and those drop two days ahead at 10 a.m. ET. Set the alarm.

🍁 Have a Plan B for parking. Jordan Pond, Sand Beach, Thunder Hole can all be full ridiculously early on a good day.

🍁 Bring the dog. 100+ miles of trails + 45 miles of carriage roads = one of the best national parks in the country for dogs. I will die on this hill. Plus Sand Beach and Echo Lake Beach are dog friendly by October. 

🍁 And when Park Loop Road starts feeling like a parking lot with scenery, go to Schoodic. Same park. Mainland. A fraction of the people. Or the Quiet Side because Ship Harbor is gorgeous in the fall! 

Most importantly: you do not have to see everything.

Pick three things. Do them slowly. Let the island be beautiful without turning your vacation into a scavenger hunt.

That’s the October Acadia trip I’d actually recommend.

Full October guide is on the blog, foliage tracking, what to pack, dog-friendly hikes + where to eat. 

🍁 Comment Fall and I’ send you a direct link! 🍁

Full ridiculously informative guide coming this week! 🍁
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