Acadia National Park - part 1

Last year's Labor day weekend trip to Yellowstone had me looking forward to another amazing trip this year. Fortunately my friends planned for Acadia National Park and we simply jumped in. Our journey started on Friday evening by about 6 from Edison, NJ and we made into Portland, ME by 1 in the night.

So the morning began with breakfast in the hotel we stayed at - Hyatt Place Portland, after which we headed straight for the park. There were 2 vehicles so we decided to meet up at a restaurant on Jordan pond in the park. We arrived at the visitor centre and made contact with the other party, they said they had just left the visitor centre, so we headed for Jordan Pond. Unfortunately after lots of confusion, no network and atleast 2 hrs wasted, we finally met, had lunch and started off towards loop road. As soon as we start of on  Paradise road there's a photo stop and the first glimpse of Bar Harbor and the ocean beyond. It a  pretty view. The weather was awesome so everything looked very beautiful.

Our next stop was Schooner's head viewpoint. After some deliberation and persuasion we decided to take the small trail to the bottom. I am glad we went it was so pretty down there and it reminded me of my college days. The rocks, sea, friends and hours spent at Worli Seaface Mumbai.

As we continued on the park loop road the crowd seemed to increase. We next halted at sand beach. It was nice and warm but the water was cold. We didnt stop there for long. We continued on the loop road and halted at Thunder hole. It was quite interesting with the smooth, colored rocks and the thundering sound made by a tunnel like hole in a huge rock.

We went along the coast enjoying the views of the Atlantic. Occasionally stopping for pictures. Our next major stop was Jordan Pond. It was sunset time, actually a little past sunset. The water was very clear. The reflections were beautiful and we had some nice pictures taken :)

After sunset there's hardly anything to do in the park so we left for our hotel in Brewer, ME. Takeout dinner folowed by hours of UNO ended our day. Did I mention we were a group of 8 adults and a toddler.