The fall colours were spectacular to hike through. It's one of the most visited parks in the US, and some of the trees on the trails had been polished smooth on their trunks from the number of people touching them to steady themselves.
As a child of the tropics and desert it always feels slightly odd for me to be at a beach where everyone is rugged up and just walking around looking at things instead of swimming, but it was beautiful. We had to take our shoes off to ford a stream at one point, so figured we might as well have a paddle while we were at it, down coat and all.
We climbed the 'beehive', one of the best hikes I've ever done. We're so used to parks making everything so safe and easy to walk through, this was a wild hike with iron rungs in the rock and a couple of ledges to inch your way along above the forest and beach views. A trail designer back in the day wanted people to be able to climb the beehive without using climbing gear, it was fantastic, don't miss it if you're in the area.
The beehive
The rungs
In town that night we had some famous New England clam chowder, crab cakes and saw many many lobsters and ice creams. Here is a picture loaded with complex questions, who is wanting to eat who/what?
I just caught up on your blog. Sounds like you guys are having a great time! Keep it up! Go ASTRO!
ReplyDeletePS. You guys should create a Google Map of your route.