Bass Harbor Head Light
Relaxing atop Cadillac MountainCopyright 2009 Lydia Hinshaw
HULL'S COVE, ME -- Saturday morning the sun finally came out. If the weather forecasters are correct, said sun is not likely to appear here at Acadia National Park again before Wednesday.
So we had to take advantage of the conditions. In the morning, we drove around Mount Desert Island, stopping when we spotted something worth a closer look, like the Bass Harbor Head Lighthouse, above.
Not far from there, we found a waterfront restaurant where we had a wonderful lunch of mussels. We became fans of moules during our travels in France in the 1990s, and these were almost as good as the ones you can get in Brittany. The homemade bread was great too.
In the afternoon, we hiked to the top of Cadillac Mountain the highest point on the island at 1,532 feet. That's a puny hill compared to the several 11,000-foot mountains we climbed in the Sierra last summer, but after sitting for the better part of seven days, even a puny hill inflicted some pain.
At the end of the hike, we treated ourselves to another lobster dinner.
So we had to take advantage of the conditions. In the morning, we drove around Mount Desert Island, stopping when we spotted something worth a closer look, like the Bass Harbor Head Lighthouse, above.
Not far from there, we found a waterfront restaurant where we had a wonderful lunch of mussels. We became fans of moules during our travels in France in the 1990s, and these were almost as good as the ones you can get in Brittany. The homemade bread was great too.
In the afternoon, we hiked to the top of Cadillac Mountain the highest point on the island at 1,532 feet. That's a puny hill compared to the several 11,000-foot mountains we climbed in the Sierra last summer, but after sitting for the better part of seven days, even a puny hill inflicted some pain.
At the end of the hike, we treated ourselves to another lobster dinner.
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