Day 8 - Wednesday in Acadia NP

We finally got up in the morning, to the lovely sound of still more rain and inspected the damage from the raccoon. The little bugger had dumped over the food totes, but the ratchet straps held.  The food wasn't touched, but the syrup bottle had leaked all over everything requiring a serious wipe down.

The rain had continued all through the first night, the day before, and all that night.  It was a hard, pouring rain that had soaked through our rain coats more than once.  Even the slugs were drowning.

Our 14'x14' screen canopy "slice of heaven" became more like the nonsmoking section at a smoking restaurant. Sure, you're not right next to the smokers, but you're still coughing and sneezing. We weren't getting poured on, but we were getting more and more drips on us as the wind and rain put the canopy to tests it wasn't designed for.

Nothing was dry. If it wasn't getting rained on directly or dripped on slowly it was damp.  The tent was waterproof and no water came in directly, but our sleeping bags were damp making the upper 30s temperature not that great for sleeping. We would have given up and gotten a hotel, but the only thing worse than being in camp in the pouring rain is breaking camp in the pouring rain and schlepping all that back to our car in the wet wheelbarrows. We lived for Thursday.

The campground had no cell service so we used our emergency radio to get NOAA forecasts.  The weather gods were going to shine down sun and breezes on Thursday.  We told ourselves to eat well, do what we could to go on short hikes between downpours, and plan for an epic outdoor adventure of a day for Thursday.  To ease the pain of another day without hiking, biking, or kayaking (our planned itinerary) we went into Bar Harbor and did a tasting at the Bar Harbor Brewery and Soda Co.  It's now owned by Atlantic Brewing Company, but still maintains an independent label.

140. Bar Harbor Brewing - True Blue Blueberry Ale
141. Bar Harbor Brewing - Thunder Hole Ale
142. Bar Harbor Brewing - Cadillac Mountain Stout
143. Atlantic Brewing - Summer Ale
144. Bar Harbor Brewing - Old Soaker Blueberry Soda - We thought it sounded like a great idea.  It's Maine, home of the blueberry "caviar."  But it was sickeningly sweet and left a foul aftertaste.  We even saw people try all of the beers but dump the soda in the spit can.  It was probably a good idea.  Stay away.
145. Sheila G's Chocolate Chip Brownie Brittle - If you're like Brett, you like the edge of brownies because they're crunchy.  Sure they have those pans that provide all edges to each brownie, but this has gone one step further and made the whole thing into basically a thin cracker.  These are delicious.  We didn't even know they had other flavors, but definitely going to get more to eat and try.  

We also got a chance to do a little bit of walking as the rain turned to a drizzle.  We walked the 4+ miles out and back along the Ocean Path trail from Sandy Beach to Otter Point.  

It was great to get out and enjoy the views and the trail was only somewhat flooded and only occasionally had water actively running down it, so it seemed reasonable after a day and a half of cabin (tent?) fever.  We got quite a few pictures and managed to keep the camera mostly dry!

As usual, a slideshow of the pictures from the day are below.  The full album, and 3 different movies, can be found here.