First tour of the season

We had our first tour of the season yesterday and the weather was a beautiful 65 degrees. The visitor Center had quite a few people in and out while I was there in the morning. We finished painting the second shop and product is arriving daily for the Gift Shop. We are having trouble naming our second shop we are considering hosting a contest with cash and prizes for the winner. Stay tuned for more on that. The Gift Shop will open May 2 2009, the second store is scheduled to open May 11 2009 and the trolley will begin running May 2 2009. Check back with the blog to keep up with new developments.

Oli's Trolley Gift Shop

Today we finished setting up Oli's Trolley Gift Shop for the 2009 season, so we are ready to accept our product deliveries. I am excited to start putting the stock on the shelves. We will now start on the new shop located across the hall from Oli's Gift Shop. They will start tomorrow getting the shop ready to paint we have no idea what to call the new shop so we will get the walls painted and displays in andfill with product and then run a contest to name the shop offering a prize package for the name choosen. Although, we will not open until the 2nd of May we are open and booking chartered tours our first chartered tour will go out on Thursady April 24th 2009. We will also be accepting applications all next week April 20 - April 25th. We are hiring the following positions, customer service ticket sales, cashiers, parking lot attendant-tour boarding coordinators. It will not be long now until we are in full swing...........

Acadia National park

April 15th is not only tax day, today Acadia National park opened the park loop road and the visitor Center in Hulls Cove. The weather was good for the park opening today high 50's and sunny I saw people on motorcycles and even a car with their convertible top down crusing down main street. It is a sign that everyone is anxious for the season to begin. Although I did see some areas with snow on the ground they are few and far between, As I worked in the shop setting up dispalys and unpacking stock quite a few people came to the door to see if the building was open wondering when things get going in Bar Harbor. I saw a deer today crossing the highway towards the beach as I was heading home for the day. Last night we went to Mama DiMatteos for dinner one of the few resturants that stay open year round it was awesome as usual. The owner Eric found time to stop by our table for a chat. Check out the web site Mama Dimatteos Restaurant, Bar Harbor.