Your First Time in Bar Harbor: What to Do, Eat, and Not Miss
First time in Bar Harbor, Maine? Here’s what to do, where to eat, and the one evening moment — ice cream, sailboats, golden light — that makes the whole town click.

First time in Bar Harbor, Maine? Here’s what to do, where to eat, and the one evening moment — ice cream, sailboats, golden light — that makes the whole town click.

I flew from Atlanta on a solo trip to Maine during a perfect storm. Not a metaphor — an actual storm. The kind where lightning is streaking past the window and you’re gripping your armrest thinking, okay this is a lot. The pilot clearly had places to be — we punched straight through the clouds…