Acadia National Park - July 3-6, 2014

Headed up to Acadia National Park Thursday evening, July 3rd and stayed through Sunday, July 6 (technically pulling into Boston at about 1:30 a.m. on Monday, July 7 in a successful effort to avoid post-holiday traffic).  It is a haul to get up there, but with the long weekend and a free place to stay (thanks Ryan and Jocelyn!) it did not take much convincing to head north and finally check the area out.  I had been to Acadia once before, but it was only a day trip and it was foggy and rainy, hardly ideal conditions to appreciate the place.

This trip was much more successful - great weather (other than one 12 hour window when the hurricane rolled through).  Took three different hikes, explored Bar Harbor, jumped off a rock in Long Pond, and spent lots of time just hanging out with great friends and their families.  And "camped" (albeit on a wind sheltered deck) through my first hurricane.  Stayed mostly dry, but not much sleep that night.  All that water made for some great hiking the next day though - the amount of flooding on the trails was pretty surprising!

Enjoy the pictures!