Camp Sharktooth - Acadia - Schoodic Bike Ride

 Thursday, July 22, 2021

Hi Blog!

As soon as we arrived in Winter Harbor, Maine, we found the Sea Schoodic Kayak and Bike Rentals. We arranged for both a bike and kayak for William so he could join us on some adventures. First up was the six mile bike ride around the Schoodic Peninsula of Acadia National Park.

Pictured below, Kathy and William pose for the traditional entrance sign photo.

We managed to get three bikes on a two bike rack. 

After a delicious breakfast, we stopped at the Schoodic Visitor's Center to get trail maps and suggestions for places to stop along the way.

From the Visitor Center, we decided to take the gravel bike trails down to Frazer Point. Kathy and William point the way.

The trail was well maintained, but it was steep in some sections. William got a quick lesson on how to apply the back brake first when going down a steep grade.

William decided he wanted to take most of the pictures on the bike ride. He started with a portrait of us! 

At Fraser Point, we got to look back on Winter Harbor.

Unfortunately, the Winter Harbor Light house is so far away, we can barely see it.

We made dozens of stops along the way to Schoodic Point to check out various coves and inlets. We stopped to collect rocks. However, the rock pictured below already seems to have folks making a home, so we left that one behind.

Having spent the last year in Arlington, Virginia, William just thought the rocky coast of Maine was cool!

It just wouldn't be an adventure with YeYe and NaiNai if we didn't stop and say "Hi" to some fun guys!

You never run out of photo ops on the coast of Maine!

We decided to name all the rocks we visited - Rock of Ages, William's Sit, Water Rock, Rock of Power, Scary Skull Stone and Vulture Rock. Can you guess which rock this is?

Can you just feel the breeze?

No outing in Maine would be complete without some wild Maine Blueberries!

A work in progress.

Making our own Inuksuk!

One last rock before we head to lunch.

We were so proud of William for having completed his first 6 mile bike ride. We treated him to a big bowl of lobster mac and cheese!

We have one last full day of adventure tomorrow! Stay tuned.