It's Acadia Time...Day Five

Up before 8:30 to bright skies and blowing winds.  

It was warm enough this morning that I was able to sit outside with my coffee.

We had talked about going for a bike ride on Schoodic but decided it was too windy and it would be chilly, so we decided to hike Homans Path, to Emery Path, then back to Sieur de Monts.  

We left Edgewater at 11:07, 59* winds @ 11mph.  We drove the long way around, through the park to Rt. 3, then back to Sieur de Monts where we actually found a parking place fairly quickly.  Parked at 11:48, warmed up to 63*.  

We used the bathroom, then headed along the Jessup Path to the Tarn, where we realized we had gone the wrong direction.

The Tarn

Sooo, we checked our map, turned around and walked the right direction to the Homans Path trailhead.

The path was predominantly granite steps uphill for .4 of a mile.  

We were pleasantly surprised to see this on the path.

I felt like this tree was still reaching for the sky, although it had seen better days.

Look at that beautiful blue sky.  What you don't see is the wind...

Then we came across this

Next stop...the end of Homans Path at 1:04, 63* winds @ 14.

There was a beautiful view of The Great Meadow and the Porcupine Islands.

We sat here and ate our snacks before heading down the Emery Path.  Two bald eagles were soaring nearby.

Titan is always with us.

The way down started with this nice flat section, then the steps returned.

Looking back from where we came.

Another look back...

Then we were done, reaching the Sieur de Monts spring and the Emery Path trailhead at 1:36.

As we reached the parking lot, a ranger was excorting a cormorant through the driveway toward the grass.

We've never seen anything like that before.

We left the parking lot at 2:10 and drove to Charlotte's Legendary Lobster Pound in SW Harbor where we sat outside for lunch.  Bill had the clam roll and I had the shrimp roll.  They were yummy.

From there, we drove on to the beach at Seawall.  We sat at one of the picnic tables, ate our chocolate chip cookies from Local 130 in Shapleigh and read for about an hour.  It is such a beautiful, quiet place.

We left at 4:42 and drove back to Edgewater, arriving around 5:20. 64* winds @ 11.

We got most of our stuff packed, ready to leave in the morning.  We ate late so had cheese and crackers for "dinner".  

Another trip to Acadia in the books.

Thanks for stopping by...

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