♥ South Bubble to Jordon Pond house loop♥

Howdee all,

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Another hike in Beautiful Acadia National Park

We hiked South Bubble trail to Jordon Pond house and around Jordon Lake then continued the hike around the lake taking the shorter trail back to the Bubble Parking Lot.

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South Bubble

Difficulty Moderate to Difficult

To the Bubble approx half mile..

another half mile from the bubble to Jordon Pond.

Elevation Gain: 400 feet

Jordon pond Loop alone..

Distance: 3.2 miles

Elevation Gain: Level

Difficulty: Moderate

Trail Type: Loop

Total miles hiked…approx 4.5

The trail starts out a gradual ascentTake the South Bubble to Balance Rock

Some stair master exerciseThen more uphill hiking on natural rock. To the summit of Bubble Rock… It was a foggy day.  Balance Rock..   We take the rocky boulder strewn backside down Bubble Rock.

Easy for us..but would be very challenging for others.

We have hiked this way up to South Bubble before. Either way it takes some work and good shoes…No sandals here.

I missed a few good shots of the larger boulders..

I was concentrating on the hike and forgot to take photos. Most all of the trail down is boulders…and a few areas you need to squeeze thru boulders and scramble up and around many.

  Here you can see the open area below….almost to the fogged in lake  An oak tree with some sort of white fungusJordon Lake Pretty in Pink  More Lake views..BunchberryAs we come out from South Bubble trail we can go left or right around Jordon Pond.

We go left…the shorter hike to Jordon Pond house and 

Popovers 

Lots of wonderful rocky, foggy views.    Rocky shoreline..la de da..dee da…  hee hee..I wanted to squeeze in a few more photos

Don't know what this tree is..hoping Sicksta does.Samarrah noticed this odd growth on some leaves.. Jordon Pond house getting closer These look oddly like popovers…

I must be getting hungryThe wildflower lawn to Jordon Pond House  View back to Jordon Pond Jordon Pond house..

Very busy..a 45 minute wait.I take that time to wander around the garden and take a few photos. 

I think this is a Lightning bug     Finally…front row seats! see that gal in the blue shirt above Samarrahs head.

A facebook, twitter friends daughter, our waitress for lunch.Jeff and I shared crabcakes and a chicken curry salad    Samarrah had a grilled veggie sandwich with pesto And…the infamous

Popover

i had two!We had a great lunch.. Then stayed for a few minutes longer to take in the view..      We then then continued our journey..this time following the east side of

Jordon pond   Still foggy..  Interesting trees growing together..This side of the lake is mostly walking on boardwalk. The boardwalk protects the fragile moss covered wetlands   We love this walk… Mushroom muffins in moss…Moss lushness

    Curvaceous Cedar After traveling on the boardwalk..

we pass thru an area with boulders..   Up and down and around some of the boulders..still an easy hike for most people. We then cross a stream that helps feed the pond.. The gray patch in the photos below is a Beaver denWe watched and waited..but no sign of beaver   The trail evens out and is gravel…

Some type of sumac  Wet web…  This looks like a Rieshi type mushroom..haven't done ID on it yet.We decide not to climb back up South bubble to the parking lot..

instead we leave Jordon lake below..

and take a path after the South Bubble path up to the parking areas.

Much shorter and not much uphill.

Another beautiful day in Acadia National park

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Mansell Mountain hike, Acadia NP, Maine ♥

Howdee all,

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Mansell Mountain

Difficulty-Moderate to Strenuous

Distance 3.3 mile loop

Starting Elevation 70feet

High point 949 feet

The trail starts on the southwest corner of Long Pond.following the lake about .02 miles ♥ Then the trail hooks up to the Perpendicular TrailYou soon find out why it is called the Perpendicular trail 

A granite staircase built in the 1930s by the Civilian Conservation Corp.

   Pretty much straight up

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One ladder and a few rungs..

  Allot of huffing and puffing..It was hot..we were all dripping with sweat.

Thank goodness the hike was in and out of the woods..plenty of shade.

  The forest is lush with moss and lichen and the recent rains have brought on many mushrooms.

Boleutus I dontknowus

Wonderful views…

From the top we saw a distant fire…it looked like it was in Southwest harbor…

we would check it out later..

  We hike away from the views toward the summit

Here we are…it was pretty much a straight up climb to get there.

We leave the high point and take the next trail on the left..

More views..

And lots of wonderful Maine Blueberries  See all the low shrubs lining the path?

Blueberries!

We did allot of snacking

A few steep areas on the hike down..

Mushroomius unknownius  Indian Pipe      tiny orangeyus mushroomus somethingus donteateus A wonderful hike…

We stopped along the trail for lunch with a Hermit thrush and Black throated green warbler serenade..

After the hike we took a short drive into town and found out that the newly renovated Moorings restaurant had a fire..We drove by and saw the charred and smoking remains..

We then walked around town…

Went back to camp for showers…and then out again..for a drive…

Evening fog coming in

We dine overlooking the ocean..

Avocado and Egg over herbs and lettuce…kalamata olives and goat cheese..

Watermelon for dessert.

On the way back..almost dark..we saw two fledgling Barred owls..calling for their parents and food..

A delightful day..

I ♥ Acadia National Park