Eagle Lake

The last two years I’ve walked the carriage road around Eagle Lake for my first hike of the season, and today marked the third. The older I get, the wiser it seems to begin slow. It’s more than a five mile walk on a gravel road (limited to hikers and bicyclists) with a small climb off-road to the top of Connor’s Nubble. That trail is short but includes some nice rock-scrambling, and the view from the top is exhilarating. The mountains of Acadia ring the southern perspective and Frenchman Bay and distant blue mountains of Maine, the northern. Directly below, Eagle Lake stretches more than two miles in length. Seen from above it looks quite phallic. Maybe that’s why it’s such an invigorating start for the season.