Acadia Day 2

Last night was very comfortable on n the trailer. Michael slept in the car. Which is not so bad. We, that’s me, got up early. We had a cold camp breakfast, hooked up the trailer and headed to Acadia. Our plans: conquer the mountain.

We had planned a couple hikes which were difficult in nature. We found out, once we got to the trail head that the cliffs were closed due to falcon nesting. So no vertical climbs for us. Instead we took a hike to the top of Mt Penobscot.

Those shots show what it was like. A steep 3 mile shot to the top of the world.

We are smiling because it’s all downhill from here. Along the hike there were thousands of wild blueberries ready to be picked. So we got an extra breakfast on the way.

Return trip down the hill was not as steep, we went back a different route.

The return was mostly shady and no wind blowing and downhill all the way. The uphill climb was a little harsher with a cold wind blowing in off the ocean. The trail back ended at the north end of Jordan Pond. We had parks at he south end. There was a Pond side trail of logs for about 1.3 miles.
Those are split logs nailed to cross beams. You may think it a fine trail. Except it is hard and unforgiving so not unlike concrete. A pounding on the joints and feet. And over a mile??! Crazy. Got back to the car which by now was in a full parking lot. We arrived first this am. On the hike we saw no one till after we reached the summit. I am sure it will surprise Emily we were all able to be up that early to be first out. See, it can happen. We are now on our way back to our camp in Madison. Currently driving through Holden, ME. Will be on 95 soon and into Madison in 45 minutes.

Home in Madison. Time to put all away and do laundry. Tomorrow is packing day cuz dis train is leaving for da west coast in two days!! So lots of cleaning. We are going to take Emily to lunch now. I hope. Hey, congrats to Emily! She just published her second post. The blogging was her idea and this is supposed to be all of us. Kids, not so much. Emily and I are holding up the blogging.

So it took two hours of cleaning and unpacking and showers and then we went to lunch. Place called The Bankery. It is a bakery in a former bank building. Cute isn’t it? They have food too. After lunch back to camp. We need to clean next door because another air bnb’r arrives tomorrow. Once we are done with our chores we are going to Ed and Helenas for dinner. Helena that’s her, is an excellent chef so we always eat well and both are convivial hosts. As you may recall from previous post, they brought the Pisco to the party a couple days ago. I am looking forward to dessert because it is always awesome and I love dessert. I am bringing the booze. I made the prickly pear juice and will be making Margaritas with it.
Quick update, the drinks were excellent. And Helena has made her famous chocolate cake. We are lucky.

So they brought out a bottle which is an incredibly smooth tequila. So we all started drinking tequila which can be trouble. But I must say it is a wonderful tequila. I had a few glasses. So did emily. And Beth. And the kids (adult children). I gotta get some. Pre dinner tequila.

Dinner was very good, as I expected. Good wine too. But I knew that. The chocolate cake was to die for. Thank the lord for Helena. We are into homemade limoncello now and a few other post dinner drinks. I am getting winded.

Everyone is now tired and drunk. It’s well after midnight and we are going home. I stopped drinking by 9 though everyone else, not so much. We got home and everyone passed out, for the most part.