from Carriage Roads to Schoodic

We had a very busy day today!

Denise thought we should start our day by driving to the Schoodic Peninsula but I convinced her to start with a hike instead. The morning was sunny, a bit nippy but a very good temperature for a walk. We headed up Duck Brook Road until we reached a barrier across the road, a perfect place to leave the car. We bounced across the Duck Brook Bridge, then walked the Carriage Road that looped around Witch Hole Pond.

It's still early in the visiting season for Acadia. While we saw a few other people walking the same path, we were alone much of the time. And oh! I got to see some hawks flying overhead and then landing on a tree not too far away. We saw a piece of wood in a pond that served as a perch for a bunch of turtles. I should have counted them; there was very little wood showing between them.

When we finished our morning hike we jumped in the car and headed to Schoodic. The sky was blue when we left the island. As we drove to the northeast the color changed to shades of gray. Funny things, when we headed out on the Schoodic Peninsula it changed again. Looking straight south a bit of blue sky reappeared, but when I looked toward Mount Desert Island the sky was decorated with clouds in shades of gray. I think I'm starting to understand Denise's preference for cloudy skies. They can be very interesting.

It was a good day.

--- Rover

pond along New Duck Brook


on the Schoodic Peninsula