It's Got Its Ups and Downs

What a day at Sea! We left the campground at 10:30am and caught the free bus into downtown Bar Harbor. We purchased our tickets for the Whale Watching Tour leaving at 1pm. We had lunch at a wonderful resturant on the harbor where we sat outside. For lunch we had pan roasted oysters and fish and chips made from fresh Haddock. The food was wonderful!

We sat on the dock overlooking the harbor waiting for our boat to return from the morning tour. It was late docking so we didn't leave until around 1:30pm. The water temp. was 52 and the land temp. in the high 60's. We were told to wear warm coats, hats and gloves as the sea air temp. would be between 45 - 50. Once we cleared the harbor the captain "put the medal to the pedal" to make up lost time. Outside the harbor, in the Gulf of Maine, the swells were 4-5 feet high. The best place to be on a boat in rough seas is at the back and outside in the fresh air. There were so many people sick that there was no room out back sooooo where does Chris have to sit, inside up front with several people around him using the barf bags!

I guess at this point I should tell you that I am up front loving it, as I love roller coasters and Chris does not! I love the Sea and Chris does not! (Any boat smaller than a Cruise Ship is not his "cup of tea".) Inside Chris is losing his lunch and losing his lunch and losing his lunch.

We finally get out far enough to slow down and look for Whales and we find two Humpbacks. I got a lot of great shots. We were out there a couple of hours before we headed back. The trip back took an hour but was much smoother and Chris did good with a ginger ale to help. Once we were docked Chris threatened to kiss the ground. (I don't think he will forgive me for this one!) He thought about asking the resturant for a refund but didn't think they would agree. (Lunch was not as good the second and third time around!)

Just one thing, I thought only fish were green around the gills! See you later.