Day 16

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" height=120 BGCOLOR="#CCCC99" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="0ec8dfe1esnpes.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Michael Czarnecki</B></FONT><B>     </B><B>|</B><B>     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Michael Czarnecki"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id77.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Day 1"><U>Day 1</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id78.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Day 2"><U>Day 2</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id79.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Day 3"><U>Day 3</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id80.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Day 4"><U>Day 4</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id81.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Day 5"><U>Day 5</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id82.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Day 6"><U>Day 6</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id83.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Day 7"><U>Day 7</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id84.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Day 8"><U>Day 8</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id85.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Day 9"><U>Day 9</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id86.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Day 10"><U>Day 10</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id87.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Day 11"><U>Day 11</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id88.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Day 12"><U>Day 12</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id89.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Day 13"><U>Day 13</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id90.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Day 14"><U>Day 14</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id91.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Day 15"><U>Day 15</U></A>   |   <B>Day 16</B>   |   <A HREF="id93.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Day 17"><U>Day 17</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id94.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Day 18"><U>Day 18</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id95.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Day 19"><U>Day 19</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id96.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Day 20"><U>Day 20</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id97.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Day 21"><U>Day 21</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id98.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Wrap up"><U>Wrap up</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id23.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Books Available"><U>Books Available</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id25.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Me"><U>Contact Me</U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=360 BGCOLOR="#CCCC99" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="0ec8dfc3.jpg"> <div> <I>Day 16</I></div> <div> <IMG SRC="39ff45f0.jpg" border=0 width="500" height="351" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Reading the previous night at the Southwest Harbor Library.</div> <div> (Picture taken by Elise O'Neil)</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="383f4770.jpg" border=0 width="500" height="375" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> The path trough Wonderland out to Long Ledge.</div> <div> One of my favorite hikes on the island is Long Ledge at low tide. You can hike far out on the rocks and often there are seals lying around on the most distant point. But the hike needs to be centered around low tide or it's not accessible at all. The tides here at Acadia change in the range of 10 feet every six hours or so. Where I was walking would be under water a couple of hours later.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="387f4770.jpg" border=0 width="500" height="375" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Long Ledge stretching out ahead of me. This is what I went walking over.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="385f4770.jpg" border=0 width="500" height="375" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Kelp filled tide pool.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="38b5b770.jpg" border=0 width="859" height="375" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> The seals were there today.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="38de3770.jpg" border=0 width="739" height="375" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> And even more than seals!</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="391f4770.jpg" border=0 width="500" height="375" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Looking across to the mountains on the eastern side of the island.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="393f4770.jpg" border=0 width="500" height="375" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Roses, rocks and driftwood.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="395f4ac0.jpg" border=0 width="500" height="428" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Pitch Pine tree at Wonderland.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="399f4770.jpg" border=0 width="500" height="375" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Shore Path in Bar Harbor. A nice walk along the ocean right by the village.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="39bf4770.jpg" border=0 width="500" height="375" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Balance rock, a glacial erratic, dropped there thousands of years ago.</div> <bR> <div> Impressions #10</div> <bR> <div> Calm water, high tide</div> <div> waves lap at base of Balance Rock</div> <div> glacial erratic left </div> <div> thousands of years ago</div> <div> this solid white remnant</div> <div> a marker of ages.</div> <bR> <div> Nearby, waves lap at feet</div> <div> of young woman</div> <div> long blonde hair</div> <div> graceful movement</div> <div> at edge of rocks</div> <div> edge of sea.</div> <bR> <div> I sit between</div> <div> Balance Rock to my left</div> <div> woman to my right</div> <div> torn between</div> <div> this view, that view</div> <div> both nature, both natural</div> <div> both alluring in their own way.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="3a1f4770.jpg" border=0 width="500" height="375" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> The woman from the poem. I shared it with her afterwards and we had a nice conversation on the rocks at the edge of the water.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="39df4770.jpg" border=0 width="500" height="375" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Another view of the shore path.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>