Another full day at Acadia. We wanted to hike The Bubbles (don’t ask). We drove to the parking lot – there may have been a pause or two at scenic overlooks. It was full. The overflow lot was also full. We turn around with ease at the entrance to the Jordan Pond parking lot. We go to and enjoy Cadillac mountain which even the NPS warns you is the most crowded spot in the park (with good reason IMHO) and there are plenty of parking spots and it doesn’t feel too crowded. We go back to The Bubbles with the intent to turn around at the overflow lot if full and head to Eagle Lake. Main lot is full, and the overflow lot is so full somebody parked blocking the drive thru lane, so no way to turn around. So down to the Jordan Pond lot which is now jammed packed making turning around slow, but faster than the line of cars waiting to get out would make you think. We never did get a chance to hike The Bubbles, but we got in Eagle Lake and Pemetic Mountain plus we walked through the Bubbles parking lot on the way back from Pemetic, just like we got to cross the park loop road in a spot on a carriage road trail we’d slowed down for four times that morning. It was that kind of day.

Some people tell us they’ve never seen the park this crowded, others say it’s always this crowded in August. A lady who works at the cabins claimed it’s not crowded this year so finding parking isn’t a problem – not sure what park she’s visiting, or maybe it’s a matter of when. Still it’s a friendly crowd and we’ve nodded to people headed in the other direction and chatted with a few along the way.

And so we said goodbye to Acadia as tomorrow we pull up stakes again and head somewhere new.

What a difference a day makes – today was cold, windy, and clear. Cadillac mountain, the only spot with enough parking at Acadia.
Sittin’ on the dock of the bay, watching clouds roll away. I’m whistling now, but sadly you can’t hear me, especially since I can whistle breathing in or out which is quite the rare talent.
Eagle lake. Erin and I will hike up Pemetic mountain which I think is the one on the left after lunch. I don’t name them, I just hike them.
Water Lilies! In bloom! So much better in real life!
A view from near the top of Pemetic Mountain. I think those are the bubbles on the right and penobscot mountain on the left. Odds are you don’t know any better anyway, so let’s just go with those identifications.
We came down this “trail”. Near as I can tell, trails on Pemetic were created by having different mountain goats climb up from from different directions with blue paint on their bellies and where they brushed up against a rock you got a trail blaze.
Portrait of the artist as a very late middle aged man. Very, very late.
Me in my groovy glasses, ma in her wind gusted cap.

Did I mention it was windy today? It was really windy on the mountain tops. Don’t worry, I had a firm grip on her cap. My Better Half adjusted it right after the shot so she still has it.