Maine Week Travelog #12
Mount Desert, ME - Thursday, 17 Jun 2021, 11am.

The great thing about getting up early is that the day lasts so much longer. After visiting Cadillac Mountain, not early-early but just early, we drove to Acadia's quieter western side again. It's the same area where we visited Hadlock Falls yesterday evening. Incidentally this ( Read more... )

Maine Week Travelog #11
Acadia National Park - Thursday, 17 Jun 2021, 9am.

As I wrote last night we decided not to get up at 3:30am to visit the summit of Cadillac Mountain at dawn. Instead we reserved a pass for 8am. We set our alarms for 6:30am, woke up somewhat begrudgingly, pulled together our hiking bags for a day of adventure (this plus ( Read more... )

Maine Week Travelog #9½
Acadia National Park - Wednesday, 16 Jun 2021, 9pm.

Oops, I got two of my blogs out of order. Before taking it easy Wednesday night and planning not to get up at 3:30am to visit Cadillac Mountain at sunrise we did one more hike. Yes, that hike was after our epic loop to The Beehive, the Bowl, and Gorham Mountain and the pink ( Read more... )

Maine Week Travelog #10
Acadia National Park - Wednesday, 16 Jun 2021, 10pm.

On many lists of things to do at Acadia National Park you'll find "Watch the sunrise atop Cadillac Mountain." Cadillac, the park's tallest mountain, is said to be where the sun first rises on the United States. Watching sunrises there is so popular the Park Service has ( Read more... )

Maine Week Travelog #9
Acadia National Park - Wednesday, 16 Jun 2021, 3pm.

After climbing The Beehive and visiting The Bowl we were not done with our hike for the day. Not by a long shot! From the Bowl we looped around back to the saddle below the Beehive then turned south to climb Gorham Mountain.


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Maine Week Travelog #8
Acadia National Park - Wednesday, 16 Jun 2021, 12:30pm.

Having paid with sweat and sore muscles to climb the Beehive (see previous blog) I wasn't going to leave right away. Hawk and I explored the summit and its 360° views from all angles.


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Maine Week Travelog #7
Acadia National Park - Wednesday, 16 Jun 2021, 12pm.

"Let's get up early and beat the crowds at The Beehive," we agreed yesterday. "Let's try to be on the trail by 9 if not earlier."

Well, we had a slow morning, hampered no doubt by staying up until after midnight for no good reason. We didn't get underway at the trail until ( Read more... )

Maine Week Travelog #6
Acadia National Park - Tuesday, 15 Jun 2021, 7pm.

Whoever named things in Acadia National Park had a weak way with words. They used up all the obvious name words like "Sand Beach" for a beach with, well, sand. When it came time to name a pair of knobby hills in the middle of the park all they could think of was Bubbles. So ( Read more... )

Maine Week Travelog #4
Acadia National Park - Monday, 14 Jun 2021, 9pm.

The trail we saw leading up from Sand Beach (see previous blog) did exactly what we hoped it would. It took us to the ridge above the beach where we'd spotted some people climbing on the rocks. Since we could see them from the beach it meant we could see the beach from the rocky ( Read more... )

Maine Week Travelog #3
Acadia National Park - Monday, 14 Jun 2021, 6pm.

I presume it was the same, very unoriginal people who named a big meadow "Big Meadow" (see previous blog) that named our next stop along the park loop Sand Beach. It's a... beach... with sand.

We stopped unsure of how long of a trek it would be down to the beach. After all, weren ( Read more... )