Sunday, July 16, 2023
Today began with rain. We planned to hike Cadillac Mountain today. You can drive to the summit with the proper permit, but we wanted to hike it. The mountain is the highest point on the eastern seaboard of the US at 1,530 feet – not that tall when compared with Mt. LeConte and Mt. Washington but it is pretty steep. From October 7 to March 6, it is the first place you can see the sunrise in the US. And some reports say Cadillac Mountain is the most popular place in Acadia national park. We again took the first Island Explorer Bus to the Visitor Center and after checking radar decided to wait an extra 30 minutes hoping the rain would pass. It did and we began our hike at about 9:35. The rain was over but the clouds remained thick with no sunshine for us today. We knew that we were not going to be able to see much, if anything, from the top but we hike for the joy of hiking. It was a hard but fun hike. There were ripe wild huckleberries along the trail (yum). Occasionally at an overlook we could see Bar Harber and other surrounding landmarks. When we made it to the summit, the wind was blowing at about 35mph and we were in the clouds. We spent enough time on top the re-hydrate and eat some snacks and then headed back down to get out of the wind. It was a fun hike even without the views from the top.
To be perfectly honest, it wasn’t all just about the hike. Since we couldn’t have the views or ice cream at the summit, we decided our reward for the good hike was lobster rolls. The picture says it all. Shortly after enjoying our reward, it began to rain again. It’s been a very wet spring and summer in Maine. Oh well. It’s still pretty and it’s still fun to see new places.
RVing With a Purpose 