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What a different a day makes! After yesterday’s (see blog post) rain and fog, I awoke to blue skies and sunshine. Headed out the door at around 6:30am and drove to the top of Cadillac Mountain. Still breezy…but oh what a view! Next, I drove back to the part of the Park Loop Road that was still open (the remainder still closed due to sequestration) and did about a three hour hike… Read More
Category: Hiking & Walking, Maine, New England Tags: Acadia National Park, Atlantic Ocean, Bar Harbor, Cadillac Mountain, Downeast, hiking, Maine, national park, New England, Otter Cliff, sequestration, spring, springtime

After waking up in Lubec, Maine (see blog post from yesterday), I got in my rental car and headed west on Maine Highway 189 until it joined US Highway 1 at Whiting. I was on my way to Acadia National Park (I had made my first visit in 2010)! The drive on US Highway 1 is supposed to be pretty, but mother nature had other plans. The whole coast was socked in… Read More

I had been itching to get to Acadia National Park in Maine. I decided that since I had a three-day weekend, I would make it happen! Because this was a bit of a last minute decision, I ended up staying in a hotel about an hour from the park: the Comfort Inn in Belfast, Maine — a nice place and every room had a view of Penobscot Bay. After checking into my… Read More
Category: Hiking & Walking, Maine, New England Tags: Acadia National Park, Atlantic Ocean, autumn, Bar Harbor, Cadillac Mountain, Downeast, hiking, leaves, Maine, national park, New England, Otter Cliff