Then the Acadia-usual granite
rock steep steps
And eventually came to an iron
grate we had to cross. Quite honestly, it wasn’t very long, but Suzanne still
slid across on her butt! :-)
The views were incredible from
the get go~
And then the iron rungs began
as we each climbed the vertical rails, we realized that 6’ tall Brad had a completely different hike than (nearly) 5’3” tall Suzanne. We each used the rungs, foot holds and hand-holes differently. Some action shots ~
And more fabulous views
More rungs
And finally the summit, at 520’. Nope, not high at all, but a fun hike and it
felt a lot more than a simply 520’ walk. Lots of great views from here as well.
The trail became a bit more
wooded
as we took a small side-trip to
The Hole
Then wooded and rocky again as we
worked our way to Gorham Mountain
Oh, here’s a view of The Beehive
from a portion of the hike to Gorham
And here we are – the Gorham
Mountain summer, five more feet than before! :-)
More awesome views. As they say in Maine, “Wicked views!”
We continued back down to the cliffs
overlooking the Atlantic – tons of people were enjoying the cool mist form the
sea – it was a warm day, for sure.
Eventually we made our way to
Sand Beach, which was rather small.
At 55 degrees, there were one to two
simmers – brrr!
After our hike, we decided to go
to the Jordan Pond restaurant, a popular destination in Acadia that is famous
for its popovers. We each had a bowl of
lobster stew and a couple popovers – yeah, okay, it was pretty good, but not
worth the price and we’ve decided we’re not huge into lobster - starting to
crave some pizza!
The views were nice over Jordan Pond, and there’s a nice loop
around the pond to walk as well.
All-in-all, an awesome hike and great
day!
Easy and affordable - no matter where you are!
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