Blue, glorious blue! Most of the day, the sky was cloudless! All the colors were vivid.

Goldenrod at the shoreline in Acadia NP

Acadia National Park is somewhat spread out, but the part we visited today was on the island north of Deer Island, where we are staying at a B&B. It was supposed to be a low driving day, but to get to Mount Desert Island, we had to drive back to the mainland and around.

Asters with trees in the background

The topography in this whole area was formed by glaciers grinding over uneven terrain and accentuating the differences in the high and low areas. Two rounded highs were called “bubble” mountains – I am not kidding. The one we went up was Cadillac Mountain, which had views of 270 degrees around the island.

But before we saw those parts, we climbed down to cliff-edged beaches:

Granite slab above crashing waves

Where Brian tried to capture crashing waves.

And we wandered through pretty vegetated areas:

Mostly, however, we explored the knobs of granite

And other glacial features like this balanced rock in Bar Harbor:

At Bar Harbor, we watched a schooner that filled up with tourists right in front of us:

And unfurled its sails away from the dock:

By the time we got back to Deer Island, the sun was setting below a crescent moon.

• Coast-to-Coast Trip