We got up early and got an early start on our vacation to Acadia. We had a pit stop in Rockland to see our dear friend Paula. Rock City Coffee, a worker-owned cafe, provided a cappuccino and enough juice to get us to Mt. Desert Island. We are staying in Salt Cottages on the edge of Bar Harbor. They are about as cute as can be in a kind of old school vacation style. We checked in and then dashed off for our first walk of the day around Jordan Pond as the day wound to an end.
Good Morning PortlandLocal Portland politics use very handmade signs. You know the first time we came to Maine it was 2015 and everywhere there were Trump signs. It was the first time I really understood he might win. There are still a few this year driving up the coast but there are far more Harris Walz signs. Even out in rural areas! Fingers crossed. Driving driving. So many miles of amazing trees. It feels like the sun has come to Earth and lit it up. Completely enchanting. Rockland, CARockland Harbor Okra flowerrelated to Hibiscus!This is the place we are. Scenes from our picnic lunch spotA fly-by Bald Eagle while we were having lunchLocation of aforementioned picnic lunchMonsieur Hulot's Holiday (Salt Cottages)Sweet path. While there were lots of people there were moments of quietness for photos.The second half of the trail were these planksWider areas for passing so there was much retreat and navigation conversations with people passing. FUN! Hmm, maybe Caloplaca feracissima or something else. Still lost in lichen learningThe end of a lovely day. Great to have a nice walk after a day of driving. Cassiopeia Mother of Andromeda Vega in Lyra
Have a beautiful evening.
Sending love, Tawnia
23 species of bird on a good day out, including the lunchtime bald eagle, and an east-coast woodpecker – the yellow-bellied sapsucker:
1 Canada Goose 1 Mallard 1 Rock Pigeon 1 Mourning Dove 1 Ring-billed Gull 1 Herring Gull 1 Common Loon 1 Double-crested Cormorant 1 Great Blue Heron 1 Great Egret 1 Turkey Vulture 1 Osprey 1 Bald Eagle 1 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1 Peregrine Falcon 1 Blue Jay 1 American Crow 1 Common Raven 1 Black-capped Chickadee 1 European Starling 1 American Goldfinch 1 Song Sparrow
