Thursday, December 29, 2005

where's the park?

(i'm backdating this- hope you actually scroll down far enough to see it)

i came to maine armed with my national park passport (if i had to guess, i'd say kal probably has one, but not too many of my other blog buddies), with the intention of visiting acadia national park, on mount desert (pronounced "dessert"- just a helpful tip) island, so i could snap a few dozen photos and get my passport stamped.

we ran into a lot of fog during our drive to mdi, but we were optimistic that the weather would be a little clearer on the island.

well, it was.....a little.


(photograph taken from an abandoned "observation deck" in bar harbor, maine)

most of the fog had lifted, but it was still rainy and nasty and hard to see much of anything.....in fact, i got pretty wet trying to take this picture at one of the park entrances:


the trip was strangely reminiscent of another national park trip, back in november 2004.....


any guesses?


nope- not yellowstone...


not the rockies.....


yep- believe it or not, the grand canyon's around here somewhere....





our first view of the inner canyon


the first part of the hike (on the hermit trail) was at a bit of an angle, but this section was an easy stroll.


the colorado river, day two of the hike


this picture does not do the tree justice


i should know the name of this formation, but, sadly, i have not a clue


looking back on day three, as we hiked back out of the canyon




5 comments:

bricotrout said...

i have been at that very place as the last pic. i was awestruck!! very nice! say, its saturday... what usually happens here at saturday?

duff said...

what's happening at the top of the page, my dear?

Osbasso said...

I've never seen pics of a foggy Canyon. Those are quite impressive!

duff said...

hi, osbasso- i'm glad you had time to stop by. it's always a pleasure seeing you pop up in my comments.

i actually have better pictures of the canyon...the ones i took with my pentax...but haven't had time to scan them in yet.

it was amazing.

Stef said...

Gorgeous pics, Duff! God, I miss the snow in New England...