Bumming around Maine

After leaving Acadia, we were a bit directionless without a National Park to aim for. As well, we kind of wanted to wait for the leaves to change (which we didn’t end up doing). So we decided to head further into Maine and see what we could find.

Quoddy Head State Park

We managed to drag ourselves out of bed for sunrise at the Easternmost point in the continental United States.

Gulf Hagas

This was a really cool hike, though fairly difficult once we dropped down into “The Grand Canyon of Maine”. Lots of wet rocks and muddy roots to navigate while climbing up and down the banks of the Pleasant River. We made the decision to cut that part short and take a cutoff back to our bus, which was smart because it started to pour when we were about 2 miles from the trailhead.

So while I was leaning over a cliff to get one of the above pictures, I happened to look down and was shocked to see the below image. You can see the unblurred image by clicking on it. I’ll tell you what it is: a dead moose. It’s not gross or bloody; it looks like it fell off the cliff not long before we found it, and probably broke its neck. A truly wild thing to see.

Great Blue Herons

If you’re getting bored of my constant barrage of Blue Heron photos, here’s something a little different. We had spent the night at a public pier, and I got up in the morning to take some photos. The Blue Heron you see below was fishing in the tide pools and generally minding its own business, and I got this photo that I really like.

But it was soon attacked by another Blue Heron out of nowhere, and the second Heron ran the first one off and took over his fishing grounds. It happened very quickly, maybe 5-6 seconds, and I didn’t get the chance to switch the camera to my action settings. So these images aren’t very sharp or well composed, but I thought I’d share them because they’re fun.