Been a spell since Polly & I were in Acadia National Park.  This park is the site of Cadillac Mountain where the sun first kisses the soil of the United States each morning, if it's not foggy/raining.

We went to Acadia with the specific intent of being on Cadillac Mountain as the sun rose.  We arrived in the afternoon and went ahead up to Cadillac Mountain encountering heavy fog on the way up.  This was in late October, don't remember the year now, but the top of Cadillac is rocky and barren and at that time of year already very cold and the wind made it colder.

I did a quick walkabout and then we headed back down to find a park for the night.  This was pre-travel trailer, a time in which we put a mattress in the back of the Suburban and camped that way.  Anyway, we found a place to eat lobster, not my cup of tea, but Polly likes it.  We ordered and instead of getting lobster tails we received whole lobster.  The waitress had to explain to us how to execute the attack.  Well, let me tell you after cracking that thing open and the "fiesta", a green liquid, pouring out I was in no frame of mind to eat that lobster, but the price was great.  Polly enjoyed her's, and mine.

As we hit the sack we decided there was no need to get up early to reach the top of Cadillac so we didn't set a clock.  When we awakened the sun was shining so we thought let's let breakfast wait and head for the top thinking we would see early morning if not the actual sunrise.  Hmmm, half way up we hit the fog again and stayed in it to the top and back down.

We then drove the loop road in the park, it runs along the rugged Maine Atlantic Sea coast, Thunder Hole, Sand Beach, etc.  At one point there is a cliff that has a trail along it's side going to the top.  We saw movement and could make out several hikers, even in the rain.  A Ranger stopped and visited with us watching the hikers.  He didn't think much of their judgement saying the trail is a challenge even when dry and is dangerous when wet as it was when we were watching.  There are places the trail is just inches wide with a cable attached to the rock face for hikers to hold for security.

I don't remember much specifically about Acadia other than it was worth the drive and if we go back we will take one of the carriage rides along the old carriage trails once frequented by the rich.