One if by Land . . . .

Tendrils from NASCAR were pulling us to the LOBSTER BOAT RACES at Winter Harbor on Saturday, only 10 miles away! So, after being rained in on Wednesday, we decided to spend another day in Acadia. To hike along the rocky shore line.

It was cloudy and foggy, but still spectacular

While it may be the big outdoors, it's by no means isolated - this is the crowd overlooking Thunder Hole, where, with the right tide and wave conditions, waves thunder in and spray flies high. Three million visitors per year to Acadia National Park.

Overlooking some spectacular cliffs

and success in the struggle for survival.

Leaving the shore, we trekked inland on a trail of almost all rock with a stream running down it

with great slabs of granite grey and bleak in the foggy afternoon

and small  bursts of color to warm the scene.

Next installment, Acadia by sea...