Trip Review - Coastal Maine/Cape Cod/Martha’s Vineyard

Just got back from a 10 day trip to the above mentioned areas and I must say it’s a cool part of the country . We flew into Boston and rented a van w/ Alamo. (Tried the emerald aisle with national but they didn’t have anything that would fit 4 adults and a 3 y/o).

We wanted to start the trip in Bar Harbor but wanted to break that drive up so we made our way up to Old Orchard Beach (near Portland,ME) to knock off for the first night. Stayed in a pretty modest , but nice place on the beach called the Edgewater Inn. We went the next morning to visit the Portland Head Lighthouse before our drive up to bar harbor. It was definitely the best lighthouse of many that we saw the entire trip.

Bar Harbor - Very cool and beautiful town. We stayed in the Bar Harbor Grand Hotel. It was VERY nice and convenient walking to everything. We did a sunset cruise with Acadian Boat Tours and it was a good time. Saw tons of wildlife and some really cool houses and lighthouses. We also spent some time in Acadia National Park. It was great and my favorite parts of the park were Cadillac Mountain and Sand Beach. Highly recommended. Also, the best lobster roll I had the entire trip came from a little shack about 7-8 miles outta town called the Travelin Lobster.

Middle part of the trip we drove down to mid coast Maine and stayed in a little town called Edgecomb right across the bridge from Wiscasset. In these couple days we visited the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens , Boothbay Harbor and we also visited the town of Camden on our way down to this spot. Camden is probably my favorite town in Maine. Just stunningly beautiful and stood out. Like something you’d see on a postcard but it still had a genuine feel about it and didn’t seem as touristy as Bar Harbor to me.

For the last portion of the trip we made our way down to Cape Cod. We stayed in a nice Airbnb cottage in the town of Yarmouth. I REALLY liked Yarmouth. It didn’t feel as “true cape cod” like the town of Chatham but it had some great beaches and was convenient to a lot of stuff (mainly Hyannis where the ferry’s to MV & Nantucket operate ) . We drove the entire cape and checked out several beaches and ate a lot of good food. If ever in the Yarmouth area I highly recommend Skippers Chowder House. Mrs jkyle and I also broke away one night and went into Boston for game 3 of the nba finals. Was a great game .

Overall it was a fantastic trip. Considering the group we had with a 3 y/o and my mother and grandmother we managed to cover a lot of ground and see a lot. This is truly a beautiful and unique part of the country. I would love to live up there. I could post a lot more but I know TLDR. I see the occasional thread about this type of trip so if anyone has any questions related to the area I’ll be glad to answer them if I can.

Portland head lighthouse



Random lighthouse from sunset cruise in bar harbor


View from Cadillacs mtn in Acadia national park


Thunder hole in Acadia


Lobster roll and blueberry pie from Travelin Lobster



Weird troll @ coastal Maine botanical gardens



Bucket list game achieved



Which one of y’all baws is this with the lsu flag on Martha’s Vineyard ?