Acadia National Park: Hanging by the Shore

We visited the shore along Acadia National Park. This shore is quite historic, actually; not just scenic. Acadia was a playground for the rich and famous at the turn of the 20th Century. All of the most "elite" found "cottages" (aka mansions) in Bar Harbor. Over time, they realized that the area needed to be preserved. So groups fromed to privately buy up land in the late 1910's. Eventually, Acadia National Park was created as this patchwork of donated land was assembled into one almost solid package. Today, Acadia, is unique among national parks. You can still see the financial effects of that earlier time as you turn every corner. Unique carriage roads, still blocked off to motorized travel and mansions dotting the landscape here and there.


These pictures were mostly taken along the shore of Acadia National Park.


The money shot


The artistic shot


The artistic shot with boats


The wild tide shot


We stumbled upon this lobster boat operator checking his traps within yards of the rugged shore.


Lobster


Dynamic shorline


My favorite picture. To me, this is what Maine is.


It's wild, baby!


Sam and Emily stand on the rocks.


Emily on the rocks


Just around the corner, you find this.


Ok, I love this shot, too!


Framed by the coniferous, Maine is beautiful.


On the rocks, up close and personal


The death of a tree seems stark compared the vitality of ocean life


Yellow things grow near the decay


Don't mess with the power


Life, death, technology, and future


Today, the shore was photogenic; tomorrow, it may be brutal.


We descended to those far rock out-croppings.


A forgotten hidden, rocky beach in the middle of a tourist storm


This is Maine


Jackie on the rocks



Thunder


On the brink


In the action



Emily on the rocks


















Don't get wet