Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Acadia National Park

We visited Acadia National Park in Maine a couple of weeks ago. It was the first National Park created east of the Mississippi River, and while the scenery is not as spectacular as some we have seen in the west, it is very beautiful, with scenes such as this:
We had a lovely lunch in the restaurant at Jordan Pond, which provided this view:
Drove to the top of Cadillac Mountain, the highest point on the Eastern Seaboard, for the views:
There were also lovely views within Mount Desert Island, such as this of another pond with some early fall color:We also drove out to the Schoodik Peninsula portion of the park, where we the morning rain stopped and the sun broke through on the water:And on the way out, found this small waterfall beside the road:

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