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Spring break just ended. I don't feel absurdly relaxed or happy at the moment, however, re-reading a few private LJ entries from last week, the difference is pretty remarkable. Cheers to the power of getting regular (if cold) sleep and being surrounded by trees for a few days!
Trip Details
We (Beth, Kree, and I) got into the park by public transportation late Wednesday evening. Behold! we were not even the first MIT students to Acadia. Another group was having their last camp fire and heading out Thursday morning. (too many board games, my first thought was, now, even if another force moves in, Acadia will still be flagged by MIT unless the foreigners choose to fight) We pitched tent by flashlight, and, upon stove failure #1, borrowed a stove from our neighbors to cook dinner.
On Thursday, the other MIT group let me hitchhike with them into Bar Harbor to get some snow cleats that were obviously necessary given the hike up to the Blackwoods base camp (road completely iced over) and parts for the stove. Getting back around 2pm, we decided we only had time for a day-hike to the coast. This turned out to be an amazing choice. The coast trails were icy in the woods, but the cliffs themselves were pretty clear. We climbed all over the cliffs for the afternoon (risked a nasty death to get sprayed with ocean water, climbed up to a rusted banister sticking out of one cliff side) then hiked back into blackwoods and, after stove failure #2, were offered a stove by a recently ex-soldier who made a campfire with us that night.
Friday was an epic attempted hike along a brook. Inland, the trails were not only icy, but had about 16inches of standing snow in most parts. We spent about 3hrs hiking 2 miles up an, albeit beautiful, if freezing cold (yes, by experience) stream. Picking out the trail was non-trivial, at times, I think we were hiking literally on top of the river by accident. Only fell through once, but when we hit an intersecting carriage trail 2 miles in, we decided to take that back to the main road. Even the carriage trail had 8in of snow. Frozen, frozen feet. :-P
We almost canceled the hike over Cadillac Mt. but, having a few hours to spare at the end of Friday, we had decided to check out the first leg of the trail. Something about being well used or well marked made the main trail much more accessible. :) So, on Saturday, we packed up camp (I think my backpack weighed 40 or so lbs) and did an awesome hike across the length of Acadia - 10 miles total. There were some gorgeous, liken covered balds; a few rough spots with 1-2 yards of snow or steep snow that we slid down in phases, woods, of course. The very last leg of the trail was kind of impassible, so we did the last 3 miles by road - disproved a sign claiming that the 'restrooms were closed for the season' :P.
Having left Blackwoods at 11am, we got into Bar Harbor at 7pm, ate dinner at a restaurant, saw Watchmen at a local theater (which was very good), and caught a cab into Ellsworth at midnight. then hotel, bus, bus, T, cab, home! :D
Trip Details
We (Beth, Kree, and I) got into the park by public transportation late Wednesday evening. Behold! we were not even the first MIT students to Acadia. Another group was having their last camp fire and heading out Thursday morning. (too many board games, my first thought was, now, even if another force moves in, Acadia will still be flagged by MIT unless the foreigners choose to fight) We pitched tent by flashlight, and, upon stove failure #1, borrowed a stove from our neighbors to cook dinner.
On Thursday, the other MIT group let me hitchhike with them into Bar Harbor to get some snow cleats that were obviously necessary given the hike up to the Blackwoods base camp (road completely iced over) and parts for the stove. Getting back around 2pm, we decided we only had time for a day-hike to the coast. This turned out to be an amazing choice. The coast trails were icy in the woods, but the cliffs themselves were pretty clear. We climbed all over the cliffs for the afternoon (risked a nasty death to get sprayed with ocean water, climbed up to a rusted banister sticking out of one cliff side) then hiked back into blackwoods and, after stove failure #2, were offered a stove by a recently ex-soldier who made a campfire with us that night.
Friday was an epic attempted hike along a brook. Inland, the trails were not only icy, but had about 16inches of standing snow in most parts. We spent about 3hrs hiking 2 miles up an, albeit beautiful, if freezing cold (yes, by experience) stream. Picking out the trail was non-trivial, at times, I think we were hiking literally on top of the river by accident. Only fell through once, but when we hit an intersecting carriage trail 2 miles in, we decided to take that back to the main road. Even the carriage trail had 8in of snow. Frozen, frozen feet. :-P
We almost canceled the hike over Cadillac Mt. but, having a few hours to spare at the end of Friday, we had decided to check out the first leg of the trail. Something about being well used or well marked made the main trail much more accessible. :) So, on Saturday, we packed up camp (I think my backpack weighed 40 or so lbs) and did an awesome hike across the length of Acadia - 10 miles total. There were some gorgeous, liken covered balds; a few rough spots with 1-2 yards of snow or steep snow that we slid down in phases, woods, of course. The very last leg of the trail was kind of impassible, so we did the last 3 miles by road - disproved a sign claiming that the 'restrooms were closed for the season' :P.
Having left Blackwoods at 11am, we got into Bar Harbor at 7pm, ate dinner at a restaurant, saw Watchmen at a local theater (which was very good), and caught a cab into Ellsworth at midnight. then hotel, bus, bus, T, cab, home! :D
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