Day 85: Schoodic Peninsula Acadia NP

Buying food for our picnic lunch at the farmers market
Back in the day French vessels would hide behind the Porcupine Islands to attack the British. A modern cruise ship almost dwarfs one of the islands now
the start of the challenging anvil trail hike
Sylvia’s mom tries out the plush seating offered by a thick layer of moss on a tree root
moss growing in the fractures of a rock
picnicking near the anvil trail’s end
unbelievable fragrent roses near our picnic
checking out the cool dock Chip recently rebuilt
a hardshell lobster before heading home
check out the white tooth like bumps in the claws

Day 84 Acadia NP

Cairn building height tests

Ship Harbor Trail:
exploring a gravel bar
on the bar with a spent lobster trap
sailboat
sky and sailboat

Cadillac Mountain (Desert Islands highpoint):
view of Bar Harbor and the Porcupine Islands in Frenchman’s Bay
Tom, Sylvia and her mom
A simple photo of a rock believing the natural color of the linchens and the rocks may hold promise as a basis for paint skemes in the house
the shot of the color pallet inspiration rock
the Margaret Todd tour boat in Bar Harbor offers 2 hour tours which you help the crew raise and maneuver the sails
Margaret Todd under sail
Although they are hard to see with out enlarging, there are hundreds of lobster trap floats in this picture of Bar Harbor

Afternoon Day 83 Jordan Pond

Jordan pond
Cormorant on a rock
Rock scrambling Sylvia
Jordan pond
Jordan Pond
Sylvia and her mom and a piece of birch bark
Jordan Pond
View from near the top of Cadillac Mountain
DayGlo/HiViz Lichen
Sylvia and her mom

Video of Sylvia's mom at home by the sea

Day 83 Acadia’s Sand Beach--mostly

Fuzzy funky fungi covered tree

Sylvia and her mom

ocean waves hitting rocks

delicate wildflower in the rocks

Marsh adjacent to Sand Beach

Acadia's Sand Beach beauty close up

Sand Beach’s sand is deposited every spring and washed out to sea every winter. Here you can see the different layers that make up the beach as Tom looks on.

rocky coast with Sand Beach in the background

Rocks getting pounded near thunder hole

Sylvia with Sand Beach in the background

Lighthouse boat tour Portland Day 82

Lighthouse boat tour
Portland head light two views
Ram's Island Ledge Lighthouse
Channel marker with a rider
Lobster trap floats

Day 82: Old Orchard Beach

Sylvia and Kamla seaside
Sylvia and her mom
Kamla's feet cause a turbulent design

Peeble casts sand shadows
Reflections Kamla and me in bubbles