It's Acadia Time...Day Two

The sun was out early but by the time we got up around 8:15, it was very foggy, but still warm.  I sat on the deck with my coffee and strawberry bread.  The fog rolled in and out.

8:43 am

See what I mean about the lack of view?  It's pretty limited but better than the one at home.  haha.  As we got ready to leave, it was lifting a little.

Look closely and you can see Schoodic Peninsula in the distance.

We left Edgewater at 11:06, planning to hike around the Jordan Pond Loop but, alas, the parking at Jordan Pond was a complete cluster.  There were lines of cars waiting at every entrance, so we turned around and worked on a Plan B.  It's so discouraging to see so much traffic and hoardes of people...everywhere!

I have been keeping a list of areas that are recommended on FB, so we checked the list and headed to Indian Point Blagden Preserve in what turned out to be Trenton.  We had no idea what it was but it turned out to be a nice 1.3 mile walk through the woods to the water.  We took the one path available, the Big Woods Trail.

We wandered through the woods, it was so quiet.  There were areas of reindeer lichen, also called caribou moss, so white in an area mostly green.

Along with large areas of soft, spongy, green moss.

The trees were trying to take back the path, it was rough walking in some areas.  One could easily twist an ankle.

This fern grotto was gorgeous, but only on one side of the path.  Weird.

And then, out of nowhere, we came to a meadow

filled with these large leaved wood asters.

We thought the trees were old apple trees but there weren't any leftover apples, so not sure what they were but it appeared they were planted at some point in the past. 

We walked a short distance down a dirt road (there are several residences in the area), then took the Shore Trail, where we came across this nice memorial plaque.

Eth is an interesting name...

This is one of several "memorial benches" we saw on our walk.

We came upon a fork in the path, and being in the lead, I took the right side.  What a surprise it was when we reached the end of the trail.  We had no idea we would find this beautiful spot overlooking the Western Bay, 45 minutes from where we began.

We stood here for a few minutes, then turned toward our left and discovered these...

Are you kidding me?  Two adirondack chairs out in the middle of nowhere?!  We back tracked to the fork and headed left, which lead us right to them.

Obviously, we have no idea who Janice is, but we are grateful for her memory.  We sat for 45 minutes, ate our lunch, were visited by a loon and several seals .  It was incredibly quiet, except for a few bids and the lapping of the water against the rocks.  

Although it was cloudy, it was warm and humid and it didn't rain on us!  We'll have to visit again at low tide.

These directional arrows are made specifically for people like me who get easily confused and lost in the woods.

This turned out to be a very nice walk through the woods.

We got back to the car at 2:35, 68*.  I really, really needed to use the bathroom, so we googled the closest public restroom, which thankfully was only 6 minutes away at Pretty Marsh.  I was so happy to see a couple of port-a-potties!!!

We drove through Southwest Harbor, looking for The Common Good Restaurant, which is reported to have the best popovers.  We knew it was closed but we did locate it and plan to go early one day this week, because they close at 11:30am.  

We arrived back at Edgewater at 3:40.  

We made a valiant attempt to sit outside on the adirondack chairs closer to the water and drink iced coffee that I brought from home but it was just too misty, so we ended up back inside, where we read till 6ish.  We had crab cakes and salad for dinner, then watched Americas Got Talent.

Thanks for stopping by...

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