Motherhood after breast cancer
Maine has a very rocky coastline. On our last day in Maine, I walked behind the rest of the family and soaked in the ocean view.
We had explored the tide pools and rocky beaches for our entire stay, and yet it didn’t seem as though we explored enough.
We even took a chance and went swimming in the frigid waters of the Atlantic ocean. The ocean temperature rarely exceeds 55 degrees in the summer!
Read Part 1 here.
The ranger in the visitor center video said that he used think about the national parks out west when he thought of rocks, such as Arches National Park, the Grand Canyon, and so on. But he soon discovered that Acadia, this national park of the East, is very rocky as well. As did we! The trails were all made up of rocks; rocks that pounded the bottom of our feet and made them ache after miles of hiking; rocks that threatened to twist our ankles as we bounded among them; rocks that were tricky to climb up and even trickier on the way down.
The rocks tore a little hole in the side of my running shoes, and now the hole has gotten so big that my sock sticks through when I wear them. I gave in and finally ordered a new pair of shoes online!
Just remember, when going up…
You will need to come back down!
And sometimes coming back down is harder and scarier than going up! The hiking trails in Acadia were some of the best we’ve ever hiked, and we’ve been on quite a few. 🙂