Photos, Acadia

Photos from my too-quick weekend visit to Acadia National Park are available for viewing in the gallery October, Acadia. Enjoy!

Interested in words? You can find my ramblings in my blog entries tagged Acadia 2011-10.

Rocky Schoodic

Acadia's Schoodic Peninsula has become my favorite part of the park. It's on the mainland, the next peninsula to the east.

A walk in the woods

It was a lazing around home kind of day. I thought about driving to the coast, but somehow walking close to home appealed more than driving.

The air was crisp, the sky bright blue, the ground dry. It was a good day for a walk in the woods.

A few more photos from today's wander can be seen in the gallery Autumn 2011 starting with this photo and ending here.

Subtle colors

The colors were somewhat muted but still representative of autumn. This photo was partway up Cadillac Mountain, looking to the west on the late side of afternoon.

Peeling

White birch, curling, peeling bark...

October snow

The snow that fell Saturday night was heavy and wet, coating everything with a blanket of white (about 4 inches deep). As I looked out of my back door early in the morning I could see trees wearing white. As the sun rose higher, the coating of snow on the ground began to melt.

Later in the day I headed out to see trees with broken branches, still wearing green leaves, twined with power lines.

It's hard to believe these two photos are from the same day, isn't it?

Lights!

I just got home to find lights and warmth... I'm happy!

A quick glimpse

Home a day early to avoid driving in the snow, I hoped to use my unplanned Sunday at home to wander through the photos I took on my too quick visit to Acadia. The power outage changed the outcome through. I made good progress with my computer running on battery, but the battery life didn't give me time to get through all of the photos. I stopped when the computer's power was down to 20%, thinking that if I needed it for something (who knows what, since I couldn't reach outside of my house without power) it would be good to still be able to turn it on.

It seemed like the light was odd all weekend; I came home expecting to toss more photos than usual. Luckily that wasn't the case.

As I passed this pond and saw the reflecting colors I just had to stop. The colors were definitely past peak, giving me a chance to capture a bit of magic.

(lack of) power

I've come to expect power to be available at the touch of a switch. Power, and internet access...

The power at home disappeared at 11:30 Saturday night. As far as I know it's still out; I'm borrowing a little after hours time at the office to post this.

It's not supposed to snow in October when leaves are still on the trees. Wet snow on leaves caused branches to break and fall across power lines; what a mess! There are some places where estimates from the power companies show expected power restoration on November 3rd, including areas surrounding my home. That's another 3 days without power, yikes! I was seriously thinking about staying with a friend tonight, but when I checked the status on my account it shows the possibility of power restoration tonight. Hmm... I know it would be smarter to stay away, but I think I'll chance it.

Fingers crossed...

One more loop

Denise really wasn't ready to head home, but I think she made the right decision. It really sounds like it's going to snow even though it's not close to winter yet. I wonder why the weather wizard decided it was a good time for a snow storm. Do you know?

It was quite chilly this morning with temperatures in the mid 30s. Luckily the wind was quiet so it turned out to be reasonable for wandering. We went around Park Loop Road, stopping often. Denise played with her camera, and I bounced around a bit and helped her find interesting images to capture. No wind meant that I was able to bounce around the trail at the top of Cadillac Mountain. I really like the photo Denise took of me on one of the nicely colored rocks at the top of the mountain!

After spending the morning in the park, we headed home. Most of the drive was dry, under a gray sky. As we passed through York, Maine (about an hour from home), the rain started. It seemed like there were unconnected bands of rain. There were sprinkles, then heavy rain, sprinkles again, heavy rain. The bands disappeared leaving only rain. Just before the end of the drive, the steady rain changed to snow.

--- Rover