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Acadia National Park - Celebrating Labor Day Weekend - Part 1


Since the time i have been involved with outdoor activities i have been bias towards the West Coast. Somehow i ended developing this mental block where i started believing all the natural wonders in USA were in the West Coast. Being in finance i have always lived in the East Coast ( NYC to be more specific) and ended up planing a trip to Acadia National Park for the labor day weekend. My mental block just broke as soon as i stepped in Acadia. The park just engulfs you in its beauty and added to the beauty are its vast open seas shores, light houses and bald eagles. The Park has something for every one, you could be old and decide to sit on the beach and enjoy lobsters or you could be young and adventurous and  end up finishing the Preipice trail. The park offers something for everyone.

My day began at 4:00 AM in the morning on Sept 04, 2015:

The drive to Acadia from NYC is long about 8 hours as per google maps but you could end up taking about 10 hours easily if you love photography or decide to have lunch in Portland. If i end up doing this trip again i will fly to Boston and start driving rather than driving from NYC. The advantage of this is that one would not be tiered from driving. The idea behind camping trip is to enjoy the surrounding and not to exhaust one self.

The drive up to Boston from NYC is not very interesting so it is much better to rent a car from Boston airport and drive.

I wanted to reach my campsite early but showing my old school friend, who was visiting me from London, the forest cover and sharing my experiences camping i ended up at my campsite after dark. Since the campsite was busy due to the labor day long weekend the park rangers were still in the campsite welcoming visitors. 
 
When things are looking good i know there is storm of issues waiting for me. As soon as i reached the site the officer told me that my campsite was booked for next day and  not today. This is cause i was not careful while booking the campsite. I ended up mismanaging my dates. The camp officer was nice enough to let me use the handicap campsite for the night. 

I have never put up a tent in the dark well its bit tough but not impossible. All my plans of starting a campfire just died as it was late and i was out of energy. I was camping in Blackoods campsite and it has hot 24 hr shower facility right outside the campsite. For $2 one can get a 4 min hot continuous shower. The campsite also has grill and clean restroom facility.

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