Our last day :(

Friday we decided to do some more sightseeing drives. We went to some parts of the island we hadn't been to, like Southwest Harbor. There was a tiny main street, but we just drove through.  We found a lighthouse at Bass Harbor and were surprised to read that a Coast Guard family actually lives there in the house.  Not sure I'd like people traipsing around my house all day. Can't complain about the view, though.

Then we found a little pull-off area that is part of Acadia, but I'm not sure what it's called.

Then we stopped by Echo Lake, which is apparently a pretty popular swimming beach in the park. I didn't get a great picture there because there were so many people!

When we got back to the camper, Chuck decided to ride his road bike from the campground to the Park Loop. The boys and I relaxed a little while and then went out in our rented minivan to finish the Park Loop driving tour we exited prematurely on Monday. We had missed some good stuff. Like, another lighthouse on a tiny island...

A cottage built by a professor for his wife, who died on the Titanic and never saw it...

More good water views...

A cruise ship leaving... okay, we probably wouldn't have seen that on Monday.

Thunder Hole...

Didn't get splashed or sprayed, but did hear the "thunder" once.

I forgot what this is.

 I think this was Otter Creek Causeway Bridge.

Chuck had called earlier in our drive and said he would meet us and get a ride back. Of course when we got to this point in the tour we had no cell service at all. But we got to another stop later and he was waiting there.

We went back to the camper and sadly started packing up so we could head out early the next morning.