Fall Foliage Tour 2010 - Day 3

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We started the day with a drive to the top of Mount Battie in Camden. On top of the mountain were great views of the mountains, the harbor, and city of Camden. It even had a old castle tower monument (WWI memorial) to get an even better view. From here we saw a flock of birds, swarming and squawking, like from the first lord of the rings movie; it was kind of creepy, but the view more than made up for it.

We drove past Fort Knox and the Penobscot Observatory (located in the top of the bridge). As we continued on, we stopped on Deer Isle, which was a nice detour.

Our final destination for the day was Mount Desert Island, which is where Bar Harbor is located. The first thing we did was dive up Mount Cadillac (the highest point on the east coast) in Acadia National Park. It was a great drive, but the clouds were so low that we could not see anything from the summit. So we drove back down and ended up spending most of the day exploring the park. It is one of the most beautiful places we have ever seen. We stopped and walked around at Jordan pond. Stopped at the lake, the Precipice trail (which we would have hiked if we had better gear), the sandy beach, and thunder hole.

We went back to Bar Harbor and ate dinner at Stewmans Lobster Pound, which was right on the ocean. We both had lobster rolls, which were delicious of course.

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Photos

Mt Battie Drive
Great road to the summit

Mt Battie Summit
Possibly the best colors of the trip were here at the summit.

WWI Monunent
This was on top of Mt Battie

Swarming Birds
Hard to see at a lower resolution, but definitely creepy in person.

Penobscot Bridge
There is an observatory in the top tower of the bridge.

Cadillac Summit Fog
Can't really see anything here.

Seagull
Just chilling out. Doesn't know what to make of us, but we got pretty close to him.

Precipice Trail
The trail leads straight up this mountain. We would have loved to hike it, but it was wet and we didn't have our hiking gear. Next Time....

Precipice Trail 1
This was the incline on the trail

Red Leaf
On Precipice Trailhead

Sandy Beach
As you can see, this beach was 'packed'

Sandy Beach
A view looking away from the ocean.

Thunder Hole
This was the southern tip of Mount Desert Island.

Comments

[terry]

Can't wait to see your next trip.