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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.

Bar Harbor is a lot of things: a gateway to Acadia, a lobster roll pilgrimage destination, and a town that somehow feels like a village, no matter how many cruise ships are anchored in the harbor. But one thing people don’t talk about enough is the drinking scene, and after spending six months living here last summer, I can tell you it’s genuinely impressive for a town this size.

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

You can’t come to Bar Harbor and not get out on the water. Frenchman Bay is stunning from shore, but it’s absolutely breathtaking from a boat, a kayak, the deck of a four-masted schooner…

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

6 months of eating my way through this town I’ve done the research, the delicious, delicious research, so you don’t have to. This is your complete foodie’s guide to Bar Harbor, covering everything from 5 AM blueberry pancakes to hidden speakeasies, the best lobster roll actually in downtown Bar Harbor, and every must-eat spot in between.

February 24, 2026

The 18 Best Things to Do in Bar Harbor, Maine

18 Best Things to Do in Bar Harbor, Maine - sunset over a tranquil harbor near Acadia National Park captures the magic of Maine's coast, from lobster boats at anchor to pink granite shores and golden skies

Bar Harbor, Maine, is one of those places that grabs you and doesn’t let go…

August 7, 2020

11 Can’t Miss Shops in Bar Harbor, Maine

Shops and restaurants you don’t want to miss on your next trip to Acadia National Park and Bar Harbor, Maine…

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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? 👇
I’ve been obsessed with wolves since I was a littl I’ve been obsessed with wolves since I was a little kid. Books, documentaries, terrible wolf T-shirts from gift shops, if it had a wolf on it, I wanted it.

So when a pack moved through the herd at sunrise, running, playing, completely unbothered by the crowd of humans collectively forgetting how to breathe, I cried. Right there next to the truck holding my incredibly heavy zoom lens that didn’t even get CLOSE to capturing their beauty. 

No shame. Zero dignity. Full Disney princess meets exhausted millennial.

Lamar Valley is the closest thing we’ve got to the Serengeti: bison everywhere, a moose hiding in the willows, and if the timing is right (swipe to slide 3), wolves doing the exact thing I’ve spent decades hoping to see.

This is why I occasionally betray my deeply held belief that 5 a.m. is a personal attack. Because every once in a while, an alarm clock hands you a moment your eight-year-old self would have absolutely lost her mind over.

Some mornings give you back something you’ve been waiting decades for.

📍 Lamar Valley, Yellowstone
A few million years of erosion and I’m the one who A few million years of erosion and I’m the one who feels small. Worth it.

🎵 Top 5 on my Canyonlands playlist:

	1.	Learning To Fly - Tom Petty
	2.	Counting Blue Cars - Dishwalla
	3.	Round Here - Counting Crows
	4.	Champagne Supernova - Oasis
	5.	All For You - Sister Hazel 

Best played with the windows down and nowhere to be ✌️
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#canyonlands #canyonlandsnationalpark #utahnationalparks #nationalparks #roadtripplaylist
One day in Rocky Mountain isn’t enough. Here’s how One day in Rocky Mountain isn’t enough. Here’s how to make it count anyway

If you’ve only got 24 hours, here’s the play:

Book first. Bear Lake Road needs its own permit, they sell out, so grab them early on recreation.gov.

Then: start before the crowds and the afternoon storms, hit the overlooks along Trail Ridge Road, do Bear Lake + Alberta Falls (if you get a permit), and break for the smoked pheasant chowder at @birdandjim in Estes Park (genuinely one of the best things I’ve eaten on the road).

End at Sprague Lake when the light goes gold.

Save this now so you’re not Googling “easy hikes Rocky Mountain” from the trailhead with one bar of service.
turns out “doing nothing” in a national park is th turns out “doing nothing” in a national park is the most I’ve ever felt like myself. 🦌
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