Day 8 Sunrise at Otter Point, Acadia National Park
Cute couple sitting in front of us. It was her birthday today. I got her phone # and sent it to her.
Such beauty in God's blessing of a new day!
Granite is so plentiful -- they used it to make walls in the park.
The following several photos were taken at the summit of Cadillac Mountain on the Desert Mountain Island in Acadia. (We stopped at several sites along Park Loop Road on this 180 sq mile island including Cadillac Mountain which is the most popular spot for viewing the sunrise.)
The Acadia National Park is full of pink granite. The 1/2 mile walk way around the summit of Cadillac Mountain is paved with concrete that looks like it's made with pink granite stone.
This is a mountain of granite!
We wore winter coat and sweatshirt with the hoods up. Others were in short sleeves!! They must be from Canada!
The sign in the picture below identifies the three little islands in a row:
This picture is looking down at Bar Island and part of the town of Bar Harbor. You can just see the little sand bar that connects them at low tide.
This is a sign on Cadillac Mtn that explains about the Bar Island sand bar.
Here is a map of some of the sites we visited on the Park Loop Road -- circled in red. Bob and Lois, this may bring to mind some of the places you visited! We'll have to compare notes!
Beaver Pond on Loop Road. Yes, some beavers are still around thankfully. That's a beaver home in the background.
Thunder Hole -- a spot where the waves come in this channel between the rocks and they when they splash up it sounds like thunder. It was close to low tide, so we didn't get wet from the splashing water as we walked out onto the viewing platform.
The rocky shoreline at Thunder Hole.
The entrance to Thunder Hole
This is where the splashes cause the thunder sound.
This was just about my favorite spot: Little Hunters Beach -- a nice secluded pebble beach nestled in a little cove. "The shore is covered with unique rounded rocks that make interesting sounds when the surf comes in and then pulls the rocks over each other like a huge pile of granite marbles."
Pretty pink granite stones.
This couple (probably from Canada) went in the water!
The water rarely gets above 55 degrees!
Vernon was admiring the stairs that lead us down to Hunters Beach. They were made of logs and 3 inch x 8 inch risers that were notched in to the logs, with gravel treads.
We had lunch in Bar Harbor -- (on the east side of Desert Mountain Island) -- but not at this place. This pretty seating area is just for the guests of the Ivy Manor Inn.
Back at the campground. We walked around after supper and saw some very pretty seasonal camper sites. Some even had vegetable gardens and bird feeders like this one.
The orange line going up from PA up into Maine was our route so far: approx 1100 miles so far.
One more day in Acadia tomorrow, then to New Hampshire and Vermont.
4 comments:
Your pictures are gorgeous at Acadia. It looked pretty calm at Thunder Hole. We’ve been there when it’s been pretty calm and also when it’s been roaring. Otter Point is part of that hike I was talking about.
Thanks Lois!
I heard there were times that at Thunder Hole, people have been washed out over the viewing platform into the bay when a big wave came! It was definitely very calm when we were there.
You'll have to refresh my memory about your hike around Otter Point!
I was wishing we could have seen the sunrise at Bass Harbor Lighthouse, but the website says that the parking lot doesn't open till 9:00 a.m. Also having been to the lighthouse I wouldn't have wanted to scramble over the rocks with lots of people around.
Beautiful! J&K
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