This is hike #1-1 ("Bar Island") in the book
A Walk in the Park: Acadia's Hiking Guide (Tenth Edition). This was the fourth of nine hikes we did in Maine the week of May 10.
Bar Island is within Frenchman Bay, just across from Bar Harbor. The most interesting thing about Bar Island is that during low tide you can actually walk to it. Yes, you actually walk on the ocean bottom. Until recently there was one private resident on the island but now the entire island is part of Acadia National Park. The island itself is not spectacular. The thrill is in walking to it, wandering around it in utter isolation, and then getting back to Bar Harbor before the tide rolls back in. At low tide there are about three hours for one to wander around. But the two times we walked over it was sunset. Not fancying walking around a remote island with just a flashlight, we limited the amount of time we wandered. I did manage to get some really nice shots of evening Bar Harbor from Bar Island high point, though. (Click on the thumbnail to bring up a bigger image in a pop-up window)
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Unbelievable sunset over Frenchman Bay |
A lone water bird |
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Walking on the ocean floor |
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Lights of Bar Harbor ... |
... from Bar Island after sunset |
Earlier evening the next day |
Sun is about to set |
Boats in Frenchman Bay |
Strolling on the ocean floor |
Look at my long shadow! |
Ocean floor |
Algae |
Footsteps |
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Snails |
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More algae |
Sunset nears |
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Mansion across the bay |
Beautiful red rock |
Dead tree near trailhead |
Trailhead |
Path through open field |
Birches |
Bar Harbor |
[photo by Laura] |
View up Main Street |
Bar Harbor Inn and Margaret Todd schooner |
One of the Porcupine Islands |
Dorr & Cadillac Mountains dwarf the village |
Giant cairn ... |
... marks Bar Island peak |
Deer |
Dark path back |
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