With a little less than a week before we depart Maine, it has decided to put on a a few spectacular displays for us. First we visited the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens and were not only greeted by a wonderful array of blooming flowers, colorful trees, but also some very interesting wooden sculptures.

Next we visited the Pemaquid Lighthouse. I had been there a number of times. It is one of the most famous, and one of my favorites, but this time there was something extra waiting for us.

Just as a side note, and as a lesson to all my camera toting friends, I thought that this would just be an ordinary tourist day so I only brought the barest of camera gear. That’s why you can’t see the second rainbow, but I promise that we did!

Then as if to say, “Hey, wait a minute. I have so much more to offer you!” We got to witness this rare nighttime display.

And we didn’t even have to travel to the Arctic Circle to see it.

In the waning days of our visit, I can’t wait to see what else Maine has to offer us.

Kim and I just got done spending 5 days at Acadia National Park. She took a watercolor class and I just wandered around taking photos, e-biking, hiking and just plain sitting and staring out at the natural beauty that is only on the east coast.

Just by coincidence Kim’s class visited and painted the same place that I photographed. Below are two views of The Bubbles (a mountain range in Acadia).

Here are a few more random photos from my time there.

And now we are back in Phippsburg, helping Lia put the finishing touches on her home. Acadia is just a memory. Kim made a lot of fine paintings, and I made a lot of memorable photos. Two more weeks here and then we start are trip home to Texas.

Kim and I have come to Bar Harbor and Acadia National Park for different reasons. She is here for a 4 day watercolor class, and I, well I am here to just wander around and hopefully take some interesting photos.

Even at this late date the islands attractions are still VERY crowded. I had to take a break, so I headed for the much less populated west coast of Arcadia. Here I even managed to make a new friend in a fisherman named Eddie. we swapped stories while he unloaded is catch of crabs.

And that was only our first day. I can’t wait to see how our second unfolds.

Once the girls safely returned, we were lucky enough to be offered to stay at Maria’s house, which is right on the beach. It was truly a magical stay and a little scared at times too!

Kim and I had a wonderful harvest moon rising party. 🎉 just the two of us. Ah, how romantic!

In the four days we were there we took many walks on the beach, but were more exciting then full moon, low tide with fog.

We walked to an island that was only accessible by low tide. If the tide came back up we would be stranded on the island until the morning. The fog gave it that extra dimension of eeriness.

Obviously, we made it safely home. There were two more trips I wanted to make. One was to the Fort Popham, which was within walking distance of the house, and the other was a short bike ride away.

While there I was lucky enough to photograph a wild weasel. How cool is that?