• Travelling through the US 2022
    What a difference a day makes! View from our window in Bucksport this morning
    Seawall on Mount Desert Island - very windyShip Harbor trail - partly through forest and partly along the coastShip Harbor trail - glad for the boardwalk as pretty muddy in placesTrekking along the pink granite shorelinePink granite stones at the water edge of Ship Harbor trailShip Harbor trail - waves are getting stronger, Fiona or incoming tide?Fergus on the lookout for a sealLots of rock pooling opportunitiesShip Harbor trail - shorelineShip Harbor trail - pink granite shorelineBass Harbor lighthouseBar Harbor - Wharf areaBar Harbor - Fergus trying to scout out a place for Sunday lunch. But he can't eat at most of themThe large boulder was left behind at the end of the last ice age more than 10,000 years ago.Bar HarborSandbar across to Bar Island

    ME - Acadia National Park

    September 23, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C

    What s difference a day makes. Left Bucksport in beautiful sunshine this morning. But one can feel Hurricane Fiona's wind chill already.

    Plan for today is to explore (and hike) Acadia National Park on Mount Desert Island. It seems 'millions' of other people had the same idea 😳
    Guess being the weekend it's extra busy that's why we originally planned to be here early next week. But hey ho, it is what it is.

    However, after driving some of the Park Loop Road (which is what everybody else seems to be doing), we decided to go to more remote areas hoping they are not quite as busy.

    Will be back early Sunday morning to beat the crowds - hopefully.

    Went to Ship Harbor for a walk along the shore and to Bass Harbor to start my lighthouse collection 😃
    Nice little trail, not too challenging and stressful for my knee.

    And then spent the afternoon mooching around busy and touristy Bar Harbor feeling the winds warning of what is to come.

    Didn't quite make it across the sand bar to Bar Island. The tide was coming in already and we didn't want to get caught out.

    A couple of little titbits to finish
    👆The pink colouration of the stones in Acadia National Park is due to the high potassium feldspar content, a mineral commonly found in granite.
    👆Bar Harbor is along Frenchman Bay. The bay was named after the French explorer Samuel de Champlain, who visited the area in 1604. The same guy after which Lake Champlain in Vermont is named.
    👆 Lobster is big business in Maine. But it hasn't always been like this. In the 1800's lobsters were used as fertilizer and fed to prisoners and servants since no one else wanted to eat them.    Read more