This is a carriage house we drove past on the way across the island to Blackwoods campsite on Tuesday night. I believe it was along Park Loop Road. There are a bunch of carriage roads around the park, most often used for mountain biking and horseback riding. I think the carriage houses are now used to stable horses.
The Ladder Trail, up the east side of Dorr Mountain, passed through a split in a huge boulder. We climbed up this trail when we first arrived at the Park on Tuesday night. Kevin is standing in the split, and if you look closely, Ethan and Kye can be seen peeking out from above, too.
This shot was taken somewhere part-way up Dorr on the Ladder Trail. That's me, and although I'm not sure of the Lake in the background, that's definitely the Atlantic beyond it.
This is the only shot of all four of us, taken with the camera delicately balanced on a nearby rock at the peak of Dorr. We saw hardly anyone on any of the trails the whole time we were in Acadia. From left to right, that's Kye, Ethan, Kevin, and me.
Near the peak of Cadillac, not too long before sunset, Kevin and I posed for this picture. It's one of my favorites, although unfortunately, this scanned image doesn't look nearly as good as the original.
We proceeded along the ridge of Cadillac until sunset, when we stopped for this view. It was breathtaking.
Can you tell that Kevin was just woken by the friendly neighborhood mosquitos on Wednesday morning? The look on his face says it all.
As we were going down the side of St. Sauveur Mountain toward Acadia Mountain on Wednesday morning, you could see Echo Lake in the distance. That's Kevin, Kye, and Ethan (from front to back) in the foreground.
Kevin looks out over Somes Sound to the Atlantic from the peak of Acadia Mountain.
You could see the currents in the water (or maybe just the wind currents on the surface of the water) quite clearly from Acadia.
At the eastern base of St. Sauveur, at the edge of Somes Sound, there was a small freshwater stream with a hidden waterfall splashing into the sound. Kevin found a comfortable seat in the middle of it.
Going back up St. Sauveur, this time from the east, there were still more fantastic views of the sound and the ocean.
We were hot and tired after Acadia and St. Sauveur, so we headed over to Echo Lake for a dip and a nap. It was very chilly, but we didn't care. Here Ethan and Kye swim in the lake in front of the Beach Cliffs.
Another shot of the Beach Cliffs, which we would soon ascend.
The Beach Cliff trail was very steep, with many ladders. These pictures don't do justice to how precipitous it actually was. Here I am peering back from one of them.
Here's a look at Echo Lake from atop the Beach Cliffs. You can really see how it's nestled in between mountains.
Later Wednesday night, we took a drive on the Park Loop Road. Our first stop was Sand Beach, on the ocean. Kevin took a few shots which I combined into a panorama. (I did a pathetic job of pasting it together, I know, but what the hey.)
No set of photos would be complete without a silly staged trick shot. Here I'm holding up a distant island.
After Sand Beach we drove to Thunder Hole, where the waves crash in and make thunderous sounds. Kevin is standing on the rocky shore not too far from it.
When Ethan and I were woken by the mosquitos at 4:30 on Thursday morning, we decided to try and catch the 4:48 sunrise from the top of Cadillac. We just missed it, but the view was nonetheless superb.
After Kevin and Kye got up, we all went to find Anemone Cave. Here's a view of the entrance. It's the black space in the rocky shore.
We scrambled inside the cave (it was very slippery!) and took this picture looking out toward the Atlantic. The cave was about 50 feet deep. After clambering back out, we hit the road for home.
