Maybe They're All on Their Union-Mandated Break

Couple from Louisiana driving on the Park Loop Road in Acadia pull up alongside my husband, the female passenger rolls down her window and says, "Can we ask you a question?"

"Sure..."

The driver calls over, "Are there any animals here? Any wildlife? I been driving all over and haven't even seen a mouse."

What's that Smell?

Group of people walking along the Ocean Path in Acadia. A woman asks one of the men, "Did you find the shark down there?" to which he answers, "No, actually. It must have smelled your bug repellent and left."

Caught Without a Map

Overheard at the summit of Cadillac Mountain in Acadia National Park: "So...where's Cadillac Mountain?"

Leave No Trace

Southern couple walking along carriage road near Duck Brook.

She: "Wow, there are blueberry bushes all over the place here."
He: "Did you eat any?"
She: "No! It says Leave No Trace!"

That's some allergic reaction you got there

Two guys talking on the town pier, one of whom was explaining that he'd stopped drinking. Here are a few overheard snippets:

"It's not like every time I drank I got in trouble, but every time I got in trouble I'd been drinking."

"Since I stopped drinking there's not a lot of reason to come down here anymore. It's a lot of bars ... and overpriced clothing."

And, finally, this exchange:

"I just tell people I'm allergic to alcohol."

Friend: "You're allergic?"

"Yeah. Every time I drink alcohol, I break out in handcuffs."

They probably have their own pier

Sitting on the wall at the Cadillac summit, and a woman, her husband and their dog sit down a few feet away.

Looking out over Frenchman Bay, she asks her husband, "Where do you think the whales come in?"

Looking slightly confused, he says, "I don't know..."

She continues, "...or do you think you have to go see them?"

Been there, seen that

Two older couples are at the Cadillac summit parking area. Three of them are contentedly looking out over the town of Bar Harbor, the exposed bar in Frenchman Bay, and the Porcupine Islands and talking among themselves, but one woman says, after standing there a minute or two, "Let's go." The other woman asks, "What? You're ready to leave already?"

The first woman answers, "You seen one mountain, you seen 'em all. I'm ready to GO!"