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| This hike was only 1.1 mile in
length and labeled moderate due to a few steep grades. But it also had a
lot of level stretches through a beautifully forested trail with trees.
Lee and Karen Duquette enjoyed this hike. |
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Below: Karen and Lee Duquette
tackled the rocky trail to Bubble Rock. |
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Below: This
is NOT the famous Bubble Rock. It is JUST a big boulder that Karen Duquette
encountered along the trail. |
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| Below: While driving the Loop Road, Karen Duquette
noticed Bubble Rock (Balanced Rock), a precariously balanced giant boulder.
It is one of Acadia's larger erratics that were once entombed in glaciers
and deposited across area as the ice melted. It weighs about 14
tons. |
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Below: Lee Duquette checked
out Bubble Rock |
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 Below:
Lee Duquette tried to push Bubble Rock off its seemingly "tipsy"
perch - yeah right! FAILURE!
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Behind Bubble Rock, Lee
and Karen Duquette admired their view of Eagle Lake. |
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| Below: Then Lee and Karen Duquette started
back down the trail. Along the way, they were told by other hikers to check
out another area a very short distance from Bubble Rock because they thought
it to be the best scenery here. So they did. |
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Below: Karen Duquette admired
the view of Jordan Pond. |
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Below: Lee and Karen Duquette,
The two RV Gypsies, at the top of the Bubble Rock trail. |
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| The climb down from this area was
pretty steep and very rocky because there was loose gravel in spots that
were very slippery. There were also some large rocks and tight spaces to
squeeze through. It is called the Blue Trail. |
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