Jordan Pond Path
Another weekday walk in Acadia National Park. Another walk along a path that’s very crowded in the summer. At this time of year it was easy to park near Jordan Pond House and we...
Category: Landscape
Amazing sights / sites
We heard about the old Tannery site and the proposed rezoning of that area to industrial at the Planning Board meeting. Sam had toured the site with the selectboard not long ago, but I...
Blustery
It’s a blustery spring day. The rhubarb is up. The spring rituals have started: planting peas, first workday at the community garden, starting tomato seeds. The rhubarb looks so red and wrinkly. The leaves...
Peaks and views
We hiked in Acadia last week near Southwest Harbor. Two peaks were summited (small ones)! There was some ice on the trail, but we could pick our way around it. First peak – Flying...
Signs
The season has changed. Most of the leaves have fallen. Although it’s still unseasonably warm. Too warm to plant the garlic. We walked on a new trail, recently opened. It’s called the Community Forest...
harvest time
A few mornings ago, I went out and noticed an animal had been enjoying some of my squash from the garden. I don’t know what kind of animal, but it has sharp chisel-like teeth...
Black Mountain
Lately we’ve developed a nice routine of hiking on Sunday. Last Sunday it was Black Mountain. Here’s the map at the trailhead. It’s hard to decipher. I think we started at the “P” under...