These pages contain photo-essays of our family trips to Acadia National Park, which is adjacent to the village of Bar Harbor, Maine.  The publication dates for the essays are fraudulent; they have been altered so that viewers will see the essays in logical order, beginning with "Memories and Anticipation," which gives an introduction to the area.  "Cadillac Mountain Sunrise" describes an experience on one of our early trips.  The rest of the essays through "Cadillac Revisited" are based on our most recent visit in June 2003.  Entries after that (also with fraudulent dates to keep them in the right order) return to memories of previous visits.

30 Jun 2003    Memory and Anticipation Originally posted as "The Maine Notebook," this article, written as we were preparing to revisit Acadia National Park in June 2003, presents a snapshot of the area.   29 Jun 2003    Cadillac Mountain Sunrise Of the sunrises that we viewed from atop Mount Cadillac, this was the most spectacular – a truly spiritual experience.   28 Jun 2003    Salisbury Cove The Edgewater Cottages on Salisbury Cove are "base camp" for all our trips to Acadia.   27 Jun 2003    Holy Rock A very brief account of a family tradition.   25 Jun 2003    The Ocean Trail A walk from Thunder Hole to Otter Cliffs.   24 Jun 2003    The North Bubble Trail The true story of the making of a trail hobbit.   23 Jun 2003    The South Bubble Trail All three boys become trail hobbits as they climb to Bubble Rock.   22 Jun 2003    Great Head Grandpa finds serenity in solitary hike on Great Head.   21 Jun 2003    Challenging Trails These are the paths I do not travel – but Kate and David love them.   20 Jun 2003    Cadillac Revisited Some experiences on Acadia's highest mountain.   19 Jun 2003    Schoodic Recollections of the days when we used to feed the seagulls at Schoodic Point.

To view the photo albums that supplement these essays, go to "Maine Photo Album #1" (older pictures and photos from the Web) and "Maine Album 2003" (newest pictures, being added gradually).