Maine in the fog

My husband and I are spending a week on Mount Desert Island, Maine, and our plans  for Tuesday included a visit to the Schoodic Peninsula, another section of Acadia National Park. We awoke to rain and fog and although some vacationers would be less than overjoyed at this fact, I was fine with a change of pace in regards to the weather.

For several days we’ve had the kind of weather I dream about. Warm in the sunshine but cool in the shade, the skies a deep blue, interspersed with light fluffy clouds.

But today was the kind of day that was so damp, my hair was drenched with mist. I could feel the dampness on my skin and I loved it. It was the kind of day that, had I a fireplace I would have a fire going just to dry things out.

 

We left the house at 7 and stopped at a store to get supplies then grabbed a completely unhealthy breakfast: an egg, ham & cheese sandwich from a Dunkin’ Donuts. Geez Louize. The coffee was damn good and we sat and ate our breakfast at the view point above. Normally you can see the mountains on Mt. Desert Island from here, but the fog obliterated them this morning.

 

This was the former location of the Waukeag House Hotel, which was very popular with the summer rusticator crowd from around 1877 to 1900. I have no idea when the house in the photo was built. The old hotel sat back quite a bit from this site. And look – you can see the mountains a little more here.

 

Then it was on to Schoodic Point where we watched the waves crash against the rocky coast.

 

I didn’t want to get too close. It was pretty intense.

I shot a little video of it but couldn’t get the old embed code to work in Vimeo.

Video - Early Morning at Schoodic Point, Maine

 

Then I took photos of seagulls in the fog.

 

 

I had the long lens on for this one but was permitted to get within just a few feet of it.

 

 

Hello in there.

 

 

Look at this face.

Oh, my stinking heck. This dog does NOT like the loud, booming noises coming from a coastline he can’t even see through the fog. And he much prefers the safety of the car.

And there is nothing wrong with that.

Poor little fella.

 

 

Further down the road, it was much more quiet.

 

 

We’ve always stayed on this side of Acadia National Park

and are pretty familiar with the area.

 

 

The house at Wonsqueak Harbor.

More photos of it {here}, at Flickr. And I saw one I took last year.

 

 

The public library at Winter Harbor is a former chapel.

And it’s beautiful.

 

 

Taken from the Winter Harbor Lobster Co-Op.

Lobster was 6.00 per pound for hard shells there. In Southwest Harbor, I saw it for 3.49 per pound. Good grief.

 

 

And when we returned to Bar Harbor later that day, the sun was shining and it felt like summer. We are not staying in Bar Harbor, but enjoy driving through. All along West Street it looks different with the new condo/hotel rooms that are on the right. They’re all part of the West Street Hotel.

West Street Hotel, Bar Harbor

Not really my cup of tea but it might be someone’s ~

 

Time to go. We’re off on another adventure ~

and I’ll keep you posted.

See you soon.