This morning we got up before the sun and motored up Cadillac Mountain to see the sunrise. (Amazing how many other people were also up at 4:30!). The sun was up, but we returned to bed for a bit more shut eye so we would have energy for more activities.

The hiking highlight of the day was the Bubbles (South Bubble and North Bubble), which overlook Jordan Pond. We started with an almost perfect picnic on the shore of Jordan Pond (we still aren’t certain how part of the lunch got left at the grocery store – Rowan was sad to miss her selected items), then divided up, with the grandmothers circumnavigating the whole pond and the four of us hiking the adjacent mountains. South Bubble affords an amazing view of Jordan Pond, and the back side of North Bubble opens to a vista of Eagle Lake. On the way back, we took one of Acadia’s famous carriage trails, then reconnected with our group in the parking lot – impressive timing given that none of us had a cell signal.

After a relaxing dinner, we ended the day with an Acadian music/dance/storytelling performance – the College of the Atlantic (the location of the music festival and traditional music school) has an interesting campus.