Quiet side of Mt. Desert Island

The most popular area of Acadia National Park is on Mt. Desert Island.  However, that’s not that’s on the island.  There is what I call the quiet side of the island, and we explored that one day…..

The most famous lighthouse is Bass Harbor Lighthouse.  That could be, of course, because it’s the only lighthouse on the island!  There is a lighthouse called Mt. Desert Rock Lighthouse, which some may assume can be found on Mt. Desert Island, but it’s actually about 20 miles south of the island.  The view shown here of Bass Harbor Lighthouse is from its “bad” side, if lighthouses can have a bad side!  

Bass Harbor Lighthouse

The better view of the lighthouse is from the other side.  However, one must climb out onto very rough, rugged rocks in order to get the iconic shot.  I am not a mountain goat, so Jeff said he’d give it a try.  He gave up trying to get out there, and noted that only those very young, in their teens and twenties seemed to be willing to try to get out to the point where the iconic shot was to be had.  However, I did like this image Jeff took of the lighthouse beacon seen thru the trees.

Beacon in the Trees

The tiny village of Somesville is home to perhaps one of the most picturesque bridges I’ve ever seen.  It is a footbridge and the first time we passed it, I totally missed seeing it.  The second time by, however, we did stop so that I could capture this charming sight.

Footbridge in Somesville

There were some wildflowers alongside the bridge in Somesville.  When I processed the image of these, I converted it to watercolor pencil sketch – I just felt like it captured the feeling of it being there alongside the bridge best.

Wildflowers

Likewise for these lupine growing in the same area as the wildflowers. 

Pink and Purple Lupine

Enjoy!