Camping in Acadia
Published by Becky S August 6th, 2005 in travels
A few weeks ago, I was lucky enough to visit Maine’s Acadia National Park. Note to skeptics: I was a reasonably successful camper, surviving timed showers (4 minutes!), thunderstorms, slimy cheese from the cooler, various creepy crawlers, and a whiney kid at the campsite next door.
Acadia is the only US national park comprised solely of donated land, and one of its best features (apart from the fabulous scenery) is the carriage roads, built by John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Rockefeller stipulated that the byways could never be used for motor vehicles, so today the extensive network provides a great way to see the park by bike. I also loved the Island Explorer shuttles, which are free propane-powered busses that take visitors around Mount Desert Island; the shuttle system even includes a bicycle express van that totes bikes to the carriage roads.
The photo above is a sunrise as seen from Cadillac Mountain. If you’re interested in rocks, oceans, and trees, some other shots are here.
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These pictures are great ! You are amazingly getting closer and closer to nature, Becky. Next time, I expect you to go with your backpack full of a week autonomy gear…
Put a week’s worth of stuff into a backpack? Let’s not get too crazy….
Nice Hat!
There are some great shots there (”Cadillac Mtn Sunrise”s & “Eagle Lake” especially). Looks like a lot of fun. My brother has been after me to go camping with him and his family - maybe I have been resisiting too much.
I hope you are not secretly mocking my hat, Glenn, because I love that hat. Fair people need floppy hats, you know. Camping with your brother would probably be a lot of fun, provided that the campground has shower access.
I believe the technical term for the hat is “bucket” hat. And every campground has shower access, it’s called rain. You just need to be flexible with your schedule.
I really wasn’t making fun of the hat. It’s a cute picture.
Er, I second Glenn’s second sentence. (He beat me to it.) The Cadillac Mtn Sunrise’s & Eagle Lake shots are just fantastic.
Those are beautiful shots. Unfortunately, we didn’t make it to Maine this year. Maybe next year.