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We got up after hitting the snooze button only once...
We ate breakfast next door at the convenience store - omelet for Carl and oatmeal for me. And we read the Sunday paper, such as it was, while eating.
After breakfast, we packed the camera stuff into the car and took off for a small tour around the island. It was overcast when we started off, but started clearing by time we got to Somesville. The Village Bridge there is still pretty. I would have liked for the clouds to have stayed around a little longer - it would have cut down on the contrast at this bridge.
The photo on the left above shows a classic view of the Village Bridge in Somesville, ME. The center photo concentrates on the bridge, its reflection, and some autumn color in the foreground. The photo on the right shows some of the autumn reflections found in the pond below the Village Bridge.
The road bridge next to the Villege Bridge in Somesville had planter boxes along the railing filled with ornamental (or decorative) cabbage and chrysanthemums. The photo on the left above shows a raindrop caught in the center of one of the ornamental cabbages. The center photo shows how well the two kinds of plants work together. The photo on the right shows just the mums.
After shooting near the bridge for a while, we continued on to Bass Harbor Head Light. The best view of this lighthouse can be seen by taking the path to the beach. We also walked over to the lighthouse itself, just to see the view it has of the inlet.
The photo on the left above shows Bass Harber Head Light lighthouse. The photo on the right shows some water breaking over the rocks located below Bass Harber Head Light.
From the lighthouse, we went on to Bass Harbor, where we walked around for a while. We watched the ferry from Swan Island arrive - much smaller ferry than the ones I've riden on.
The photo on the left above shows a pile of lobster bouys. The center photo shows the marina at Bass Harbor. As you can see from the water, there was a bit of wind this day. The photo on the right shows a pair of lobster bouys in a window.
Then we drove on to Bernard, the harbor directly across the bay from Bass Harbor. They have a wedding chapel there that looks vaguely like a shingled lighthouse with a wall covered with lobster bouys.
The photo on the left above shows a yellow rope tied to a very rusty anchor in Bass Harbor. The second photo above shows a shadow of a cosmos cast on a white picket fence in Bass Harbor. The remaining two photos above were taken in Bernard, ME. The next photo shows some lobster bouys on a wall of a wedding chapel in Bernard, ME. The photo on the right shows a tangle of ropes and lobster bouys in Bernard, ME.
Then we drove on to Southwest Harbor, where we had lunch (crab quiche/ chicken salad sandwich).
We drove back through Somesville, stopping again at the Village Bridge, where I took some more pictures, primarily of reflections below the Bridge.
The photo on the left above is my afternoon shot of the Village Bridge in Somesville, ME. The center photo shows a bee on an echinacea (coneflower) in the gardens of the museum next to the Village Bridge. The photo on the right shows a bentwood chair detail with autumn colors in the background.
The three photos above show some of the reflections I found in the pond behind the Village Bridge.
We then continued around the island, stopping at Seal Harbor Beach, where I took a couple of pictures.
We continued to the main entrance to Acadia National Park, where we paid our park fee and took the one way loop around the edge of the island. We stopped at Sand Beach where some bikinis briefly appeared. The women didn't display the bikinis for very long. It was a little chilly... And there were a number of dogs on the beach despite the signs posted everywhere saying NO DOGS!!
We stopped at Thunder Hole which was a bit ho-hum. The tide level wasn't correct for the booming noises that can be heard here. We also stopped at Otter Point, where we walked out to the shore for a few pictures.
The photo on the left above shows some underwater grasses swaying with the current at Seal Harbor Beach. The center photo shows some of the rocky shoreline and clouds above, taken at Otter Point in Acadia National Park. The photo on the right shows a fence built to protect the dune grasses at Sand Beach in Acadia National Park.
We continued on to another pull off which lead to a rocky beach. Never did learn the name of it, but it was just past Little Hunter's Beach.
The two photos to the left above show a grouping of mushrooms on the forest floor. We found these on the way back to the parking lot near Otter Point in Acadia National Park. The photo on the right shows the patterns found in a piece of driftwood at (possibly?) Little Hunter's Beach.
Our final stop in the park was at Jordan Pond. We walked on some of the carriage roads in the area. Very nice! I can see why they're used for bicycling trails. We were rapidly running out of light, so we returned to motel.
The photo on the left above shows some backlit sugar maple leaves. They were in the parking lot of Jordan Pond, so they may have gotten more water than most of the trees in the park. This was some of the best autumn color we found the entire trip! The center photo shows some autumn vines climbing one of the gatehouses near Jordan Pond in Acadia National Park. The photo on the right shows some vine maple climbing the brick wall outside of the gift shop at Jordan Pond.
There Carl did a load of laundry while I download photos. Dinner was hard to find tonight for some reason. We were going to eat next door (at Chowda’s), but they weren’t even taking any more names for the evening. After trying three or four others, we wound up at Parkside with a 30 minute wait. Carl had a crab cake, salad, and chowder. I had the beer batter haddock which was huge!!! Then back to the motel to crash for the night.