Bar Harbor and Acadia National Park are beautiful. One of our first stops was at the light house on the south side of the island. The other photo above is of one of several harbors near Bar Harbor. There are several huge yachts in this photo. This is an affluent area.
The park has a nice nature center and has many of the plants in the park on display with name tags.
When we asked our son, Andy, what we should do while at Acadia, he said, "The sunsets at Cadillac Mountain are really beautiful". What do you think? The park is listed as one of the top ten national parks in the country.
On day two, we decided to hike one of the "moderate" trails, South Bubble Rock. This is a 2 mile trail, but it gains 700 feet in elevation going up. The trail is steep and rocky. We thought it was a good climb for a couple of old folks.
The photos are from the top. Great views!
The photo above is at Jordon Pond. We took a shot walk around the south end of the pond.
(We were just too tired after the tough hike up to Bubble Rock).
(We were just too tired after the tough hike up to Bubble Rock).
Here's a plaque on the top of Cadillac Mountain of Stephan Mather. If you have watched the Ken Burn's National Parks series on PBS, you would recognise Stephan Mather's name as one of the early people that promoted the National Parks system.
The photo below is of the shore line of Acadia National Park near what is call the "Thunder Hole." It was pretty amazing to watch the high tide roll in.
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