Even as spring comes to the new National Monument, snow remains on the high slopes of Katahdin.
Monthly Archives: July 2017
Painted Trillium
Painted trillium along the trail to Table Rock on Baldpate Mountain.
Red Pine Bark
Detail of bark of red pine.
View from Old Speck
Old Speck, Maine’s fourth highest mountain, is in Grafton Notch State Park. A fire tower on the 4170-foot tree-covered summit provides 360 degree views of Maine’s Mahoosuc Range.
Echo Lake Ripples
Looking down at ripples across Echo Lake from Acadia’s Beech Cliffs trail.
Rocky Coast
Looking toward Sand Beach on the Acadia coast.
Morning Coastal Fog
A fog bank over the Acadia coast.
Osprey in Flight
Osprey are a common sight around ponds.
Keeping an Ear Out…
A deer peeks through grasses as I kayaked on Great Meadow Stream connecting North and Great Ponds.
A Hike on Mt. Phillip
Mount Phillip in Maine’s Belgrade Lakes region is less than a half hour from home and is a great place for a short hike, with views of Great Pond, the setting for the movie “On Golden Pond.”
light on the trail 