My Vacation to Bar Harbor, Maine

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My Vacation to Bar Harbor, Maine

• By
• Jennifer J. Hendershot

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Whats So Great About Maine?

• The Great Outdoors
• Mountains
• Beauty
• Cool Fresh Air
• Hiking

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Are We There Yet?

• Many Stops on the way
• North Conway, New Hampshire
• A Village in North East New Hampshire
• with numerous Factory Outlets
• Freeport, Maine
• A town in Mid-Western Maine
• known for having an
• incredible shopping district

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Owls Head

• Located on the South-East Coast of Maine in the
  West Penobscot Bay
• The lighthouse is located in Owls Head Light
  State Park
• Owls Head Transportation Museum
• is located very close by

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Bar Harbor

• Nestled on the east side of Mt. Desert Island
• Surrounded by beautiful Acadia National Park
• Set on the Atlantic Ocean
• Bar Harbor is within
• a rock-bound coast and
• soaring granite cliffs.

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Acadia National Park

• Acadia National Park encompasses over 47,000
  acres of granite-domed mountains, woodlands,
  lakes and ponds, and ocean shoreline
• Striking scenery
• A haven for wildlife
• and plants

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Bass Harbor Light House

• Bass Harbor is located on Mount Desert Island in
  Acadia National Park
• Bass Harbor is a quiet fishing village
• Bass Harbor Head Light House is on a cliff of a
  very rocky shore

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Cadillac Mountain

• Located on Mount Desert Island in Acadia National
  Park
• At 1,532 feet it is the highest point along the
  North Atlantic seaboard
• Cadillac Mountain is composed of pink granite
  with forests of spruce and pitch pine

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Going Home Can Be Fun

• Franconia, New Hampshire
• Set in the heart of the White Mountains
• Pollys Pancake Parlor
• Sugar Hill, New Hampshire
• Gorgeous building built in 1830 as a carriage
  shed
• Serves the best homemade pancakes,
• waffles and breakfast all served
• with the sweetest Maple products

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White Mountains

• Located in Northern New Hampshire
• The highest mountain within the White Mountains
  is Mount Washington
• Mount Washington is the highest mountain in the
  northeast, being 6,288-feet at its peek
• In 1861 the Mount Washington Auto Road opened for
  carriages to venture to the top
• By far the most magnificent sight you can see on
  the east coast

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On top of Mt. Washington

• Its possible to see into five states from Mt.
  Washingtons Summit - New Hampshire, Maine,
  Vermont, Massachusetts and New York - even into
  Canada.
• The Mt. Washington Cog Railway was the worlds
  first rack and pinion railroad, which is known as
  the railway to the moon
• The summit of Mt. Washington is famed for its
  extremes
• The record for the highest surface
  wind ever
  recorded on earth
  - 231 miles per
  hour
• The highest temperature ever
  recorded on
  the summit was 72F
• The lowest temperature ever
  recorded ,
  a frigid -47F

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Weston, Vermont

• Weston is located in southern Vermont,
  tucked away in a valley deep
  within the Green Mountains
• Weston is a historical village that prides itself
  in the time honored ways and has been untouched
  by time
• Within the village square there
  is the
  Vermont Country Store
  which still serves
  customers as it
  did in the 18th and 19th
  century
  (Penny Candy included)

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A life time of memories
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Without you

• It was your favorite place on Earth
• As it shall forever be mine.
• Thanks Dad
• for sharing it with me