Only 4 more weeks until I head north for a week of paddling, hiking, and biking in Acadia National Park. Let the trip planning begin! The current plan is to hit the road bright and early on September 11th and find some place to camp around Gloucester, Massachusetts by late afternoon. That should allow some
All good things must come to an end and it looks like today will be the beginning of the end for this little trip. Still not being in too big a hurry to get home, I decided to check out the Rhode Island coast and head south from Providence down to Newport. I continued east
I decided to start Sunday morning with some hiking and save the paddling for later in the afternoon. I overheard some folks mentioning The Precipice and had seen the trail head as I was driving the Loop Road. As I was to later discover, The Precipice is one of Acadia’s most well-known trails. In fact,
Friday morning was bright and sunny so I decided to paddle Eagle Lake. I had checked out the launch site the day before and although there isn’t much parking, it looked like a pretty nice place. Getting there early, I was able to unload the kayak at the water’s edge and still park at the
Based on the advice from the folks at Aquaterra Adventures, I headed up to Hadley Point for a little paddling. Hadley Point has a nice, large launch site with plenty of parking which, incidentally, I had entirely to myself. The weather was cool, calm, and mostly overcast. Hadley Point is at the northern-most edge of