Acadia National Park

Today, yes this very day, was spent on Mount Desert Island with the fabulous Miss Elise Dwenger, and my favorite Mainers, Clay and Karen Kirby. After picking up sandwiches from Morning Glory, we drove to the top of Cadillac Mountain in Acadia National Park. The clear skies and sun allowed us the best possible views from the top of the 1530 foot summit. Rumor has it that you will be the first person on US soil to see the sun come up if you stand where we stood today. While atop the mountain, we crossed paths with a “woolly-bear” caterpillar (see picture). Clay, an entomologist, explained that it would become a moth by the name of “Isabella” (that’s all I can remember from the scientific name) and that according to farmer’s almanac lore, we would have a long winter because this little guy had a wide band of brown fuzz instead of a narrow. The furry fortune-teller was thanked by being transported from the middle of the path to some nearby government protected shrubbery. My favorite thing on the mountain was this limey-green/mossy/licheney stuff that grew on the granite boulders.

Next, we visited glacier-made Jordan Pond where we picnicked on sunny boulders and watched minnows dart around our feet. What a day off the ship! Thanks Kirbys!!!!