Schoodic Peninsula is a special place in Maine. As the only part of Acadia National Park attached to the mainland, it doesn’t see as much traffic as Mt Desert Island. The rocky points that reach out into the Atlantic make for great pictures as the waves crash against granite.
On the way we investigated a sign saying “tidal falls.” A narrow cut showed water rushing through rapids and short falls heading towards the ocean when we arrived close to low tide. Six hours later we stopped again and the water was falling through rapids heading in the other direction at quite a velocity. The twelve foot tidal range is quite a change from what we experience in North Carolina. Many of the areas that were clam (mud)flats in the morning were filled to the rocky rim with water in the afternoon.
Back at Schoodic we enjoyed a hike up to “The Anvil.” On the point itself, we explored much of the seashore and tidepools. Beth even followed her boys through a granite tunnel to a more remote section of the peninsula.
I’m surprised by the lack of life in the tidepools. As a child I remember lots of crabs, anemones, sea urchins and an occasional sea cucumber. Most of what we’ve found this trip are snails and seaweed. Several small fishing villages like Winter, Birch and Prospect Harbors provided picturesque views of lobster boats and light houses.
We brought along the laptop and the little GPS mouse which allowed Beth to navigate us to seaside roads. We didn’t take many pictures, because they are private homes, but there are wonderful cottages and old farm houses all along this section of the coast.
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