Seven pages of images from Maine: This first page includes images from the Maine State Museum and the start of images from Acadia National Park (bridge views). The subsequent pages are the rest of the images from Acadia National Park including birds and critters, flora, trees, rock scenes, and two pages of water views.

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Maine State Museum - Augusta, Maine
May 26, 2011

Spiked boots helped maintain footing on wet, slippery logs.
[A pair of boots in a case with one boot upright making the buckles visible while the other lies on its side showing the three rows of spikes around the perimeter of the top of the boot and around the heel.]

Luck Chair framed entirely from the dropped antlers of molting deer. Hunters would stop by the State House each year to touch the chair believing doing so would bring them luck.
[Chair with back, sides, and legs made of antlers. The cusion is covered in deerhide.]

In 1982, ten year old Samantha Smith of Maine wrote a letter to the then leader of the Soviet Union wanting to know why he wanted war with the United States. The resulting dialog and visit is believed to have helped thaw relations between the two countries. Samantha died in a plane accident at age 13.
[Metal statue of a young girl standing with her hands together holding a dove which is taking flight. Beside her sits a small bear with one paw covering its mouth. The statue sits on a base with a nameplate attached to the front describing it.]

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Bridge Views at Acadia National Park - Bar Harbor, Maine
May 22-25, 2011

Hadlock Brook waterfall
[Low stream waterfall cast about a wide, dark-colored rock spread making it appear like lace strung across the rocks.]

Hadlock Brook bridge date is 1925. (Date is chiseled into all the carriage bridges at the park.)
[Curved wall section in bridge with waterfall visible in background. This is an animation which alternates between the original photo and one with the date outlined in black to make it easier to see.]

View from Hadlock bridge looking down on the brook after the waterfall. (The stairs descending from the middle back of the image provide access to the wood bridge below.)
[Log bridge with no rails several feet above the rocky brook. On the right side of the brook a bit downstream are stone steps with a railing leading up the hillside to the level of the stone Hadlock bridge.]

Jordan Pond trail bridge
[Triangular trusses above a log-planked foot surface with an arched piece of wood across the walkway in the middle of the bridge.]

Stream leading to the Number 5 Bridge shown in subsequent photos.
[Shallow, turbulent stream zigging from upper middle of photo to lower left. Lots of vegetation around it.]

Number 5 bridge on the carriage road system built in 1929.
[Three arched stone bridge made with thin, rectangular, grey rock.]

Side view of same bridge showing steps to the lower level.
[Bridge along left side with stairs parallel to the bridge and leading from the top to the bottom of the nearest arch.]

Deer Brook bridge has its date of 1925 carved in the circular center stone.
[This is a short but relatively tall double-arched stone bridge. It uses a variety of sizes of stones for its walls and center posts. The circular center stone is between the two arches. The brook which flows under it has many many large stones and not a lot of water flow.]

Continue to birds and critters at Acadia. (page 2 of 7)

Return to top of page.

All photos © S. M. Garver