First Acadia Hike

The Beginning

Acadia National Park is one of the most beautiful places; there is biking, hiking and all kinds of other activities. My nine year old cousin Vincent, my Dad and I hiked Dorr mountain. We hiked the Ladder Trail, which Vincent decided to rename the Stairs Trail since there were about one thousand steps and two ladders.

The first stage of the hike was basically straight up. Vincent bounded up and I did my best to keep up. He is a crazy little hiker.







The top was well worth it; you could see the ocean and the harbor. The sea breeze was really nice and you could smell the salt in the air. We enjoyed some Swedish Fish (a hiking tradition), cheese and crackers. 

Vincent and I at the Summit

The trail we descended on was much more mellow. We walked along the ridge as it slowly sloped down. We walked on mostly smooth rock.  There were cairns to follow and we were surrounded by plants which grew in interesting ways because of how exposed they were. 

One of the many cairns.

When we reached the base we turned onto another path that led back to the car. The dirt path would have been boring because it was flat and smooth, but it had 71 bridges on it (Vincent counted them all). We also walked by a lovely pond with a beaver dam. It was a challenging hike up but a lot of fun.

Beaver Pond