Lost, or Just Hiding?

Autumn is Baxter season!!!

Love the Lost Pond Trail.  We started at the AT trail head south of the Daicey Pond day use lot.  The trail starts out very exciting with some rock hopping and and slippery boardwalks over muddy sections.  In just a few minutes, the AT continues south and the Daicey Pond trail sneaks through some soft woods and down to the water's edge. I told Leah we were going to Lost Pond and she seemed worried that it was lost so I told her we'd find it; "it must be playing hide and seek" she reasoned.

Walking along the edge of Daicey, the views of OJI and  Katahdin are fantastic, awe-inspiring; it is hard to take everything in. The narrow trail is lined with cedars, mountain laurel, and moss-covered rocks. 

The earth smells delicious and the sound of the waves lapping softly against the shore remind us why we love the quiet of October.

The Lost Pond trail leaves about a half a mile from the junction of Daicey Pond and climbs gently up through spruce and cedar and the landscape is strewn with erratics big and small and huge!  It is a soft, quiet trail with few people but lots to look at.

Just as we reached the rise before descending to Lost Pond, Leah told us she was looking forward to getting to the car so she could nap.  We decided that we didn't need to reach the pond, it would be better for her to nap in the car than have a short nap in the pack.  The pond is a great hide and seek player!!!

Alas...

But since she was awake in the car, we stopped by Stump Pond and were treated to the sight of a moose family, bull, cow, and calf all enjoying the beautiful autumn afternoon.