True, it is insane that 49k is small but Acadia sure does pack in a lot of beauty in that small space. Most of Acadia is hiking/biking friendly but I don’t believe there is a lot of options for atv/off road vehicles there. I don’t think we saw any off-road vehicles while we were in the area either.

In Acadia are there any riding trails for off-road vehicles? And if there is are their any ATV or Side by Side vehicle rental places around?

Great pics as usual, I’ve been following your blog for about a year. Please keep it up!

We’ve spent the last 4 years traveling mostly around the west and southwest so ticks are mostly unheard of, and we only head back to the East Coast when the ticks go into hibernation so we’ve been lucky to avoid them.

Since we’ve been traveling the east coast this year, the ticks we’ve run into have been pretty awful. I’m assuming between the forests, tall grasses, humidity, and warmth the ticks are having a blast and we’re not used to having to do a full-body tick search every time we end up in tall grass. I have to say the flea/tick collar that Opie uses has been fantastic so far though.

Hi Julie!
I do remember you! During our conversation didn’t we talk about black labs too? I think we must have passed right near you on the way to Acadia. We didn’t stop by LL Bean but they are a huge sponsor of the free bus around Acadia.

A lot of folks recommended Beehive but we didn’t get a chance to hike it. Mostly because Opie needed his hiking in and Beehive doesn’t allow dogs. I would love to go back to Acadia though and hike Beehive and a few other trails we missed this time around.

Hey Dave!
How did you enjoy Acadia? Did you do MDI, Schoonic or both? We decided to keep going north, so we’re spending the next 3 weeks in Canada visiting New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. It’s our first time in Canada so we’re enjoying it so far.

How’s NH? Hopefully the heat wave has finally cooled off a bit?

Hi Debbie!
That’s very cool! I always love finding other blogs that can help me plan my trips. Hopefully this will give some ideas of things to do in Acadia. I wasn’t kidding though, there is SO much there to do! I would say to either visit Acadia early in the morning or late in the afternoon to avoid most of the crowd though.

Otherwise have a fabulous time! Oh, I peeked at your blog and found that you follow See Cindy Sew, she’s a friend of mine, what a small world!

We’re headed to Acadia too in about 3 weeks.

http://stricksretirement.blogspot.com/2012/09/acadia-national-park-maine.html

http://stricksretirement.blogspot.com/2012/09/acadia-maine-carriage-ride.html