{"id":2038,"date":"2016-11-01T18:38:14","date_gmt":"2016-11-01T18:38:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brickhousefabrics.com\/blog\/?p=2038"},"modified":"2016-11-01T19:14:38","modified_gmt":"2016-11-01T19:14:38","slug":"fall-trip-down-east","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brickhousefabrics.com\/blog\/fall-trip-down-east\/","title":{"rendered":"Fall Trip Down East"},"content":{"rendered":"

So, about a month ago I decided to take a weekend and go Down East to Bar Harbor- one of my favorite places in Maine. I called the inn I stay at, and they had room for the last weekend of the season!<\/p>\n

So, on Friday morning, after leaving Spot at the dog spa, I started north.<\/p>\n

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\"Mount<\/a>
Mount Desert Island<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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For those that don’t know it, Mt Desert Island is an island off of the coast of Maine, connected by a causeway. One gets to it from the west and south, via Ellsworth, \u00a0which marks the end of Mid-coast Maine, and the beginning of the upper coast. From Ellsworth north one is “Down East”.<\/p>\n

Mount Desert is also the home of Acadia National Park. The island is a mix of small towns, private land, and the park. It is also the home to the Jackson Lab, Mt. Desert Island Bio Lab, and the College of the Atlantic, among other things. There are motels, farms, yacht clubs, \u00a0lobster pounds, and summer cottages. The island population is about 10,000 people, but 2 – 2.5 million people visit the during the summer. Considering that the island is\u00a0\u00a0is 15 miles (24 km) long and about 8 miles (13 km) wide, about 108 square miles, that is a lot of people! \u00a0But with 24 mountain\u00a0peaks, 45 miles of carriage roads, 125 miles of hiking trails, \u00a0off-shore islands, and miles of coastline, \u00a0there is plenty of room to spread out.<\/p>\n

People\u00a0come by boat, plane, bus, and car. The majority of the activity centers in and around Bar Harbor and the the park. \u00a0There are hiking trails, carriage trails, mountains to bike up, hike up, or run up, One can sail, canoe, or kayak. One can shop in Bar Harbor, Northeast Harbor, or Southwest Harbor. \u00a0Or one can just sit. \u00a0In short Mount Desert is a microcosm with something for everyone.<\/p>\n

As I started off the day was over-cast, with rain in the forecast. My first stop was Camden. I had not been there in a while, and I wanted to see if the boats were all covered.<\/p>\n

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\"bh-aa\"<\/p>\n

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The tide was out,
\nharbor was socked in with fog.<\/p>\n

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\"Camden
Camden Harbor<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Windjammers\"
Windjammers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Most of the windjammers were covered for the winter.
\nIn the mist they had a ghostly appearance.<\/p>\n

Beyond the harbor,
\nthe fall colors glowed.<\/p>\n

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\"Fall
Fall color in Camden<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I continued up the coast,
\nstopping in Lincolnville Beach,
\nwhere a dory filled with petunias was still in bloom.<\/p>\n

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\"Lincolnville
Lincolnville Beach, Maine<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

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The ferry pier at Lincolnville Beach was just visible.<\/p>\n

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\"bh-bb\"<\/p>\n

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As the whole coast was socked in,
\nI decided to just head on up to the island.<\/p>\n

I decided to follow a smaller road along the top of it.
\nSo, leaving the Bar Harbor Road I turned down Bayview Drive.<\/p>\n

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\"Looking
Looking across to Lamoine Beach from Hadley Point, Mt. Desert Island<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As I drove along the top of the island,
\nit looked as if the fog was lifting!<\/p>\n

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\"bh-ee\"<\/p>\n

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Emery Cove was surrounded by fall color.<\/p>\n

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\"Emery
Emery Cove, Mt. Desert Island<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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\"bh-eeeee\"<\/p>\n

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In Salisbury Cove lobster boats road at anchor.<\/p>\n

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\"Emery
Salisbury Cove, MDI<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

And the trees literally glowed around the Edgewater Motel.<\/p>\n

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\"bh-eeeeee\"<\/p>\n

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I always take the upper road into town.
\nLooking out toward Bar Harbor the fog had moved back in.<\/p>\n

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\"The
The Ferry Terminal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It washed over the tops of the mountains.<\/p>\n

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\"bh-ff\"<\/p>\n

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It was going to be a foggy, rain washed weekend.<\/p>\n

After arriving at the inn I decided to go to the bookstore for reading material.
\nI took the Shore Path back into town, past the Balance Rock.<\/p>\n

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\"Balance
Balance Rock, Bar Harbor<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The tide was coming in, making small whirlpools around the rocks.<\/p>\n

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\"bh-ggg\"<\/p>\n

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The beaches here are composed of \u00a0rocks.
\nWhile there is one beach with sand on the island,
\nSand Beach, in the park,
\nsandy beaches are not the norm.<\/p>\n

So, one sees \u00a0a lot of cairns.<\/p>\n

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\"bh-ggggg\"<\/p>\n

\"bh-gggggg\"<\/p>\n

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This one is out on the edge!<\/p>\n

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\"bh-ggggggg\"<\/p>\n

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In town Bar Island swam in a sea of fog.<\/p>\n

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\"bh-h\"<\/p>\n

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Sherman’s Bookstore is on Main Street.
\nThere are now six locations of it in Maine,
\nbut, the Bar Harbor store is my favorite.<\/p>\n

It is the original store,
\nand has been in the same building since 1886!
\nThough no longer owned by the Shermans,
\nit is still owned by the same family that bought it from them in 1962.<\/p>\n

I tend to go back to the store several times during a visit,
\nwalking one way or other on the shore path,
\nand the other along Main Street.<\/p>\n

Browsing through Sherman’s I found books by Elisabeth Ogilvie,
\na Maine authoress I’d not heard of.
\nI spent a quiet afternoon reading and watching the fog.<\/p>\n

The next morning it was foggy and rainy.
\nThe tide was well out when I walked into town.<\/p>\n

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\"The
Low Tide with one of the Porcupine Islands in Fog<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Despite the fog I wanted to drive around to Northwest Harbor.<\/p>\n

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\"The
The Tarn, Acadia Park<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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The autumn colors were interspersed
\nwith the deep green of evergreens.<\/p>\n

Above the Tarn, the\u00a0steep granite sides of Dorr Mountain
\nshow through the trees.<\/p>\n

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\"bh-jjjj\"<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"bh-k\"<\/p>\n

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Continuing along to Seal Harbor
\none could see the bank of fog hanging off the coast.<\/p>\n

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\"bh-kkkk\"<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

The tide had just turned.<\/p>\n

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\"bh-kkk\"<\/p>\n

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Birds picked over seaweed and rocks,
\nlooking for food.<\/p>\n

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\"bh-kk\"<\/p>\n

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I went along to Northeast Harbor,
\nmostly out of curiosity as to what would still be open-
\nmost of the island shuts down in mid-October.<\/p>\n

The Kimball shops,
\nwhich have been around since the ’30’s, were.
\nAnd, I was able to get quite a lot of Christmas shopping done!<\/p>\n

Leaving Northeast Harbor I headed up to Somesville,
\nfollowing Sargent Drive.<\/p>\n

A lone boat putted gently up Somes Sound on the coming tide.
\nExcept for the engine, all was quiet and still in the fog and rain.<\/p>\n

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\"bh-ll\"<\/p>\n

Somes Sound is a deep body of water
\nthat used to be designated as a Fjord.
\nIt has been re-defined as a Fjard,
\nwhich has a less deep, but broader profile
\nthan a Fjord.<\/p>\n

The deepest point is about 175′ deep.<\/p>\n

At the head of Somes Sound is Somes Harbor.
\nAnd, there is the town of Somesville.<\/p>\n

Somesville is as cute a village as one will see!
\nTo see it is to want to move there!<\/p>\n

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\"Somesville
Somesville Library Bridge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Leaving Somesville I headed down to Southwest Harbor for lunch.
\nOnly one place was open, and it was packed, so I went back to Bar Harbor.<\/p>\n

The afternoon was spent with a book in front of the fireplace at the inn.<\/p>\n

That night it blew hard, a cruise boat had to be moved it blew so hard!
\nAnd it poured!
\nAnd the whole town lost power for a while!<\/p>\n

The next morning it was still blowing and raining.
\nI cut my time a bit short,
\nand headed home.<\/p>\n

As I crossed to the mainland I stopped at Thompson Island.
\nThe wind was still blowing hard,
\nwith a running surf up the western narrows.<\/p>\n

The colors and \u00a0water blended with the cold wind-
\nto make a memorable tableau-<\/p>\n

Fall in Maine.<\/p>\n

\"bh-mmm\"<\/p>\n

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As I left the island the sky over Mount Desert was lightening-<\/p>\n

It was going to be a nice day after all.<\/p>\n

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\"bh-m\"<\/p>\n

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