Bar Harbor, Maine - September 2008 - Acadia National Park

When we were in Acadia last year, we ended up on top of The Beehive together by accident. Mr Moo wanted to go up there, but I didn't so we split up on the way back to the parking lot from Gorham Mountain. And, wouldn't you know it, I took a wrong turn somewhere and ended up there, too. It's that giant thing in the distance.

It may only be 520 feet high, but trail goes down the totally sheer side. The trail is designated as "strenuous with steep grades and many steady climbs". You're supposed to climb up it, but, being the ding-a-lings we are, we did things backwards. Not sure I would have agreed had I seen this sign, which is at the base, beforehand rather than after.

Caution: Trail steep with exposed cliffs and fixed iron rungs. Oh, yay. I was all smiles at the top...

...until I looked over the edge.

I put the camera and everything loose into my pack to be safe, went very, VERY slowly, and cried tears of fear most of the way down, but, with Mr Moo's help and assurance, I did it!