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  1. Acadia National Park is an amazing jewel – I too love the Carriage Roads – I have walked some of them, and taken a horse ride as well. The bridges are fascinating – I’d love to go there some time in the fall to capture the colors w/ the bridges &c. It is a photographers paradise – wonderful seaside scenes, an amazing lighthouse, harbor life, lakes & ponds & streams, “mountains”, a handful of nice flower gardens, …

  2. Acadia National Park is an amazing jewel – I too love the Carriage Roads – I have walked some of them, and taken a horse ride as well. The bridges are fascinating – I’d love to go there some time in the fall to capture the colors w/ the bridges &c. It is a photographers paradise – wonderful seaside scenes, an amazing lighthouse, harbor life, lakes & ponds & streams, “mountains”, a handful of nice flower gardens, …

  3. As great as all the scenic panoramic views are on the park loop road, it’s kind of fun to then be underneath the tree canopy. A few years ago, we got lost on the carriage road (took a wrong turn from the parking lot) and then took the hiking trail up the creek to that same waterfall bridge. Really enjoyable and relaxing as everything felt so much more calming compared to the park loop road. Wish we had more than a half day to explore the carriage roads, but had to get to Camden that same day…

    • Everybody gets caught up in our schedules and we run out of time. This is why it can take years to really explore a NP like Acadia. You get there and one day is nice and the next is rained out. (Yes it does happen)
      Also I have a fair amount of flexibility in my job. I get 4 days off each week in October. But in general I drive up to Acadia (4 hours) get checked in and do lunch and explore, dinner and sleep
      Next day we explore as much as we can and then the 3rd day we are exploring in the morning and then driving home… the 4th day? I’m writing about what we found for all of you… that is the routine each week in Oct… this is exhausting but I usually get a few decent things to tell you about…

  4. As great as all the scenic panoramic views are on the park loop road, it’s kind of fun to then be underneath the tree canopy. A few years ago, we got lost on the carriage road (took a wrong turn from the parking lot) and then took the hiking trail up the creek to that same waterfall bridge. Really enjoyable and relaxing as everything felt so much more calming compared to the park loop road. Wish we had more than a half day to explore the carriage roads, but had to get to Camden that same day…

    • Everybody gets caught up in our schedules and we run out of time. This is why it can take years to really explore a NP like Acadia. You get there and one day is nice and the next is rained out. (Yes it does happen)
      Also I have a fair amount of flexibility in my job. I get 4 days off each week in October. But in general I drive up to Acadia (4 hours) get checked in and do lunch and explore, dinner and sleep
      Next day we explore as much as we can and then the 3rd day we are exploring in the morning and then driving home… the 4th day? I’m writing about what we found for all of you… that is the routine each week in Oct… this is exhausting but I usually get a few decent things to tell you about…

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