Charlie and Debby came to visit me this weekend. We had a great time! I talked about it in "The Adventurer" as well. We went on two bike rides, one hike, and ate a lot. Charlie and Debby also took some fun video to look forward to seeing! It was the first time that I had ridden on the carriage roads. John D. Rockefeller built 50+ miles of road on the island that were to be used for horse carriages and foot traffic but never for automobiles. Bikes are allowed on them now (probably the only national park where you can ride a mountain bike!) but cars are still not allowed. Rockefeller built these roads to highlight his favorite spots and vistas on the island and he built bridges which were unique and specially designed for each spot.
This is the pine tree that had to be cut down because it was leaning against the bridge
On top of the Amphitheatre Bridge
Charlie overlooking Otter Creek
The stormy weather made for fantastic crashing waves!! The best that I have seen since I have been here. This is the same beach that I blogged about with the plum pudding rocks.
This was one of the surprises of fall in "The Pine tree State" The leaves from the deciduous tress fall onto the pine trees. The leaves look like they have been carefully placed. I thought that they looked like decorated Christmas trees and Debby called them confetti trees.
The perspective of seeing the fall leaves from a bike on the winding roads was incredible. I think that this picture really captures how beautiful the two bike rides were. That is Charlie up ahead on the road.
The bridge at Eagle Lake
This was taken on Eagle Lake towards the end of the bike ride. It was a beautiful lake that I had not yet seen other than overlooking it from the road.
Sunset from The Beehive. I shared this hike once before on the blog. It was beautiful the first time that I did it but even better once the leaves popped so I took Charlie & Debby up it even though we had just finished a 20+ mile bike ride.
Sunrise on Cadillac Mountain. It was very chilly but the view was very beautiful. The sun rose earlier than it was supposed to so we saw glimpses of the sunrise as we were driving up the mountain. 
7 comments:
Sounds like an amazing visit!
Looks like a fun time was had by all! So many beautiful places and so much color. That John D. Rockfeller sure knew how to pick out the most beautiful spots in our country and aren't we thankful he did? I can hardly wait to get to Maine, but sadly, I'll have to do my touring from the seat of a car since my knees are no longer working. But I've heard seeing Maine from a car is better than not seeing it at all.
Great pictures and great subjects! Maine is an incredibly beautiful place ... mom and I can't wait to come and visit.
It looks like you had a great trip. I would love to do the bike ride someday. That is a great road, not often; you get to ride on that nice of a road with not cars. Mom you can still see it from a bike, just find one of those three seat bikes and take you feet of the pedals. Kate and Dad can give you a ride and get ready for the Spud at the same time.
Mom, get your knees working! If there is not snow there are a lot of places that have nice level ground to walk on ... and if there is snow ... well we won't worry about walking, we will just slide down to the ocean!
Dave, the road in the picture with Charlie and the fall leaves actually does have car traffic. It is the "loop road" through the park. It is however a two land one way road so it is still a great road for road biking. In addition to it having a whole lane for the cars to pass you in, it is in great condition! The carriage road is in the picture of Debby, Charlie, and I on the Amphitheatre Bridge.
Thanks for hosting Kate! I had a GREAT time. Love ya! C
Joe says, "hey charlie the camera just loves you doesn't it?! ... hey kristi I like the picture of the sunset the best."
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