A Walk In The Woods

On Saturday we wanted to try, for the second time (the first time was too cloudy), to summit Cadillac Mountain. The first time we made it half way up South Ridge Trail before turning around, and this time we were going to try the north ridge trail. When we made it to that parking area, it was completely full, so the next path was the gorge trail. I thought if I conquered the Beehive, I can hike anything. So off we went on the Gorge Trail. 

I was thinking, what a nice leisurely stroll.

You know, very pleasant.

Nice little waterfall:

Interesting rock formations:

Then the real fun begins:

Yup, had to channel my inner Billy Goat to make it up these rocks. 

Here's a pic of the people who more than likely drove their cars to get there:

And of course we saw this.

That is Bar Harbor and looks like a couple of cruise ships.

It never gets old.

And finally, the summit!!

We thought there would be a big plaque, lol.

We even saw what looked like a wedding:

And then the descent.

If anybody lost their Hilton key card, it is on a rock at the Gorge Trail.

Interestingly enough, as I was scooting down the rocks, Anthony called me back to where he was and pointed down to the ground. And there was my cell phone:( thankfully he was behind me and saw where it had fallen out of my jacket pocket. That would have made me very sad. Can you imagine doing "find my phone" the approximately two miles up again??

Yay, we made it back. 

The next picture is the Beehive, the one we hiked the day before.

Then a zoomed in picture.

If you look closely you can see people climbing.

We also got a zoomed in pic of the lighthouse on Egg Rock.

The only other lighthouse we saw up close is in Bass Harbor.

We learned that each lighthouse has different blinks/lights, I guess, so the boats can distinguish where they are on the water. 

This is our attempt at looking for Puffins.

I don't see any, do you?

Today we will be leaving beautiful Bar Harbor and Acadia heading north to Lubec, the most eastern point in the US.