This is the 1st post in a series of 3. Ben, Mary Kate, and I recently (July 14 - 18) spent 3 days kayaking in and around Acadia National Park on Mt. Desert Island (MDI) on the coast of Maine. Ben & Mary Kate will be guest-blogging for the 2nd and 3rd days!
After a fairly eventful journey to Mt. Desert Island which involved car camping (the type where you sleep in the car at a rest-stop), we (Ben & I) arrived early Thursday morning at Seawall Campground. After a 3 hour nap and a satisfying lunch, we set out to do an easy afternoon paddle on Long Pond, a large freshwater lake on the west side of Mt. Desert Island... |
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Ben and I paddled north from East Shore Park and stuck to the east side of the lake. Cayuga is long... really long! This is not going to be easy... These first few posts will probably be kind of short since I'm just trying to catch up.
Date: Sunday, May 2nd, 2014
Distance: 7.5 miles Weather: Calm on the way out, windy on the way back (not in our favor) |
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