Category: Maine

In which we carry a giant German Shepherd on a camping cot. As one does.

On the last day of our 4-hikes-4-days hiking binge in Acadia, we completed the Mansel, Bernard and Beach Mountain Loop. The climb up Beach Mountain is a doozy if you do that loop second!

Up granite steps with iron rungs, down granite slabs, up granite slabs, and down a granite river.

The Six Summits trail in Acadia National Park has many ups. They’re all up granite outcroppings. Your calves will feel like someone tore them. For days. You won’t regret it.

Spoiler: There are no otters in Otter Cove.