Acadia, The Return

Posted by Stretch | Filed under Personal, Photography

I spent the last week in Acadia National Park. It was a blast. I climbed several of the parks mountains, and took a great many photos. When you first get on the island, there isn’t that much to see. In fact when I first got there, I couldn’t believe I had just driven 9 hours to get there, when I have the same thing in my backyard, just 2 hours away. But then you come to the coast, and see the vast blue expanse in front of you. Or you reach the summit of one of the mountains and look out and see the harbor and beyond that a few smaller islands and the ocean.

After spending a few days in the park, I’m tired. Climbing up and down the mountains really takes a toll on your knees and legs, but I’ll be ready for more in a day or too. I climbed 3 of the 4 tallest peaks in the park, and climbed on of the hardest trails. A few of the harder, cliff-side trails were closed due to the peregrine falcon breeding season, but the trail up Beehive was still open. Its a very exposed climb, right up the side of the mountain. The trail has iron rungs and ladders bolted to the rock to help you up in some places.

Enough with me talking, I know you have been waiting for some photos, so here you go:

Permalink | June 13th, 2008

7 Responses to “Acadia, The Return”

  1. MHC Says:
    June 13th, 2008 at 11:21 pm

    Awesome shots. Colours are fabulous!

  2. MaDDoG Says:
    June 13th, 2008 at 11:25 pm

    Magnificent views there Stretch. Lovely.

  3. Stretch Says:
    June 13th, 2008 at 11:37 pm

    Thanks. The sunset, while nice, wasn’t quite as good according to some of the regulars.

  4. mathogre Says:
    June 14th, 2008 at 7:30 am

    Excellent photos Stretch! Love the first one.

  5. Stretch Says:
    June 14th, 2008 at 8:15 am

    Thanks Mathogre.

  6. Scott Chitwood Says:
    June 23rd, 2008 at 9:29 pm

    Nice shots Stretch! And the site is clean and elegant awesomeness too :^)

  7. Stretch Says:
    June 24th, 2008 at 1:09 pm

    Thanks Scott. I’ll be uploading more sometime soon.