Most of the folks who have come to Mt. Acadia for the 4th of July weekend are bundling up all their stuff and their remaining fireworks and departing the area. It is tragic for us, yuk yuk yuk. We loaded our ancient bodies into Charlotte and took off on what would be our last day of sightseeing in this magnificent place.
We used our handy-dandy Federal access pass for the fourth time in as many days and entered Mt. Acadia NP to drive again to the top of Cadillac Mountain to survey the 360 degree view of the Maine coast. The weather was very cooperative and the views were almost endless. Our subsequent route was pretty chaotic with some of the drive on the coastline of Mt. Desert Island and the remainder crisscrossing the interior.
If I have my way, every time I get close to this portion of the U.S. I will visit this extraordinarily scenic and beautiful venue. The scenery changes dynamically as the light changes, clouds pass over and we find new pathways around the island, much to our delight.
Regrettably, we were obliged to spend the rest of the day prepping for our departure tomorrow but we were able to take a short break during which we popped over to the local lobster joint for a farewell trip to the trough for shellfish that were dumb enough to stumble into some lobsterman’s trap. Too bad for the lobsters. They were very tasty.