We took a boat ride out to Baker Island which is a small island that
had two homes owned by private families and a light house as well.
The families lived primitively and managed to survive with no
electricity or running water. There is a story that at one time a
pregnant woman walked miles across the sand during low tide to the
home of a doctor to give birth and after she was done she walked back
home.

The island is now part of Acadia National Park and is beautiful and
untouched. On one side it's green and full of troll homes. On the
other it's large rocks being pounded by the ocean waves. A very
special place.

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So on day three we did a number of hikes.  One up to the north bubble and the other to the south bubble.  One of the 'bubble's, which are really nipple shaped mountains, has a rock hanging precariously off of it called...Bubble Rock.  The rock was left there by a glacier a long time ago.  NEWSFLASH!!!--->It hasn't moved.

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The reward for our strenous activities was a snack at Jordan Pond House.  The thing the restaurants is known for is something called popovers.  Popovers are a cross between a biscuit and a souffle.  They are light and fluffy and full of air.  Typically they are had with butter and strawberry jam but as I needed my nourishment, I opted for a popover ala mode which was served with home-made blueberry ice cream.  The picture I took of it I call 'popover porn'.  Wouldn't you agree?

So I"m beginning to go through my pictures from my trip to Maine.  There are way too many pictures and certainly more than people should be subjected to in one sitting.  I'm going to break it up by day and have a heavy hand on the delete button.  :-)

This set is from day 2 at Acadia.  We drove up to the top of Cadillac Mountain which is one of the highest peaks on Mount Desert Island where Acadia is located.  Lots of oohing and aahing was heard from all of the fellow tourists who took in the lovely views.  After Cadillac, we went to see our first bridge which Acadia is known for.  This one was at Bubble Pond and a quick walk showed the beautiful Bubble Pond itself.  The way it pops out of the trees is really magical.

Enjoy...

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