The National Parks are in a constant threat of abolishment, now more than ever. I can’t imagine, even as someone who discovered her love for them so much later in her life, what I would do without their healing power, their ability to make me feel whole and connected. Our trip recent national park trip brought us to a new discovery: Acadia National Park.
Because of its proximity to us – about an 8 hour drive from New Jersey, we have claimed it as “our park”, though the beauty of the national parks is that they all are our parks.
During a conversation about the national parks on Minnesota’s Public Radio with Dayton Duncan, who wrote and co-produced the 2009 Ken Burns documentary “The National Parks” featured on PBS (you can listen to it here), we talked about the beauty and life-changing impact of the national parks on our lives and on us as people. I can’t emphasis that message enough.
Every national park I have visited has influenced me, has rearranged my priorities, and has reset or made even more solid the life goals I have set for myself and my family. I see how they influence my children too and I know they are growing to be givers to this world, not only takers.
Stay tuned while I share a feature story on Expedia Viewfinder of my time at Acadia, but for now here are some images that I hope will inspire a visit and further motivate you to get involved in helping to preserve and protect our parks.
Lunch at Stewman’s Lobster Pound, Bar Harbor.
Bar Hardor views.
Lunch at Stewman’s Lobster Pound.
Wildlife view while on a boat tour off the coast.
Views of coast of Mount Dessert island while on a ranger-led walk.
Jordan Pond path view.
Abbe Museum for learning of the Wabanake tribe and history of the area.
View from the Beech Mountain Fire Tower.
Bass Harbor Lighthouse at sunset.
Boulder left behind by glacier movement more than 10,000 years ago. Geologists believe it traveled from as far as Bangor and was part of a glacier more than a mile thick.
Eagle Lake.
One of our favorite activities, other than hiking the many trails of the park, was biking around the park!
Cadillac Mountain sunset view.
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