Day 8.219: MDI 4

Over dinner last night we hatched a crazy plan to get up before dawn and drive back to the top of Cadillac Mountain to see the sunrise. We worked out that we needed to be leaving at five o'clock, which was a problem for all of us - although more for some.

When we arrived, we got one of the last parking spots at the summit (not one of the legal ones, but fortunately, mob-rule decided that there were no tour buses at that time in the morning). So it was that our group and a few hundred of our dearest friends gathered in the pre-dawn to await the sun, which made its grand appearance half an hour or so later:

After breakfast, we packed up our cars and prepared to go our separate ways for a few days. We had a quick visit to another part of Acadia - the Wild Gardens, the Sieur de Monts Nature Center and the Abbe Museum and are now home.

Our guests have taken another route and should be having a new adventure by now.

Hopefully, I'll have some more photos and details from our packed three days on Mount Desert Island for you soon.