Days 110 & 111, May 15 & 16, A final hurrah to Acadia



After another lovely church service among people who could easily become close friends, we engaged in one of our favorite activities…the Sunday afternoon nap. Now I very rarely nap but today could not keep my eyes open. It’s been a fairly constant week of physical activity some of which was quite exhausting, and I caved. But truly it’s Bambi’s fault; that bed is seriously enticingly wickedly comfortable. 


My sweet friend Elaine in St George periodically checks on my house, and she sent pictures of my back yard which we labored so intensely over for most of 2021. This is the first spring for what we lovingly have named “Twenty-five Palms.” And yes, it definitely made me homesick.





Monday was P-Day, but I hurried Aaron along with our necessary chores and got us back outside for one last fling in Acadia National Park. We’ve been here 10 days and have seen everything we’d planned and then some. Today was bonus material. Gorgeous bonus material.

Three amazing things:
#1- Beech Cliff Ladder Trail above Echo Lake. We were the only ones on the trail.  Was such a lovely hike; I’m glad we did this one last.








#2- Wonderland Trail to the sea for tide pooling. At low tide there were dozens of pools to explore. Sadly, we’re impossibly spoiled by Oregon’s coastline and have seen much more spectacular sea life there. But the hike was pretty and the coast calming.




#3- Ten days to explore Acadia. The quaint fishing villages, the lovely friendly people, the hikes and bikes and kayaking we’ve done, the ferry rides; it’s all made for one spectacular visit. Tomorrow we shove off for Boston there to attend the temple. And then we turn west.

Good deeds: Rather than just discard some maps and guides I purchased to explore Acadia, we passed them on to some folks who will be visiting Acadia this weekend. It’s a small thing, but I don’t think these folks can afford to purchase this “fluff” for their visit.  Oh, and Aaron built a cairn on a strategic place along our hike.
The cairn Aarin built.



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