Indian Point - Blagden Preserve

Location: Mount Desert Island, Maine

This was a nice place for gentle hiking and nature viewing. They had a sign-in booth with trail maps in the parking area.

The variety and sheer amount of mosses along the woodland path were amazing. Moss and lichens covered everything -- a beautiful emerald green cushion. The trail comes out of the woods into a meadow with apple trees. They weren't quite ripe, but John knocked some down from the top of the tree that were o.k. to eat :)

They had adirondack chairs set up down by the water to watch seals lounge on the rocks, but we didn't see any when we were there. I think spring is the best time to catch the seals and their pups. We did startle some sort of chicken-like bird out from the underbrush, but we didn't get a good look at it.