{"id":5975,"date":"2016-08-06T10:07:39","date_gmt":"2016-08-06T10:07:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/?p=5975"},"modified":"2016-08-06T10:07:39","modified_gmt":"2016-08-06T10:07:39","slug":"an-eagle-a-snake-a-loon-a-frog-and-lots-of-rocks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/?p=5975","title":{"rendered":"An eagle, a snake, a loon, a frog and lots of rocks."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Everywhere you look in Maine there are rocks, rocks as big as a mountain,medium sized boulders or as pint sized as a pebble and about every size in between. \u00a0You&#8217;d think that with all of the rocks milling around together would also spawn some sand.\u00a0 Alas, no sand but many, many rocks.<\/p>\n<p>So, the other day we packed a lunch and decided to head out and see how many rocks we could climb over.\u00a0 Well, that\u2019s not exactly what we had as a goal but that\u2019s more or less what we ended up doing.<\/p>\n<p>The plan was to climb up a a really big rock and visit, well, \u00a0\u201cbubble rock\u201d.\u00a0 I have to say that I had no idea what exactly was meant by \u201cbubble rock\u201d.\u00a0\u00a0 My first thought was that the \u201cbubble\u201d was the mountain.\u00a0 I was wrong.\u00a0 This is the \u201cbubble\u201d on top of a sort of bubble mountain. \u00a0\u00a0<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5977\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/8-5-16a-010.jpg\" alt=\"8-5-16a 010\" width=\"700\" height=\"466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/8-5-16a-010.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/8-5-16a-010-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/>It&#8217;s way bigger than it looks. \u00a0Craig stood next to it and try as he might, he couldn&#8217;t budge it. \u00a0\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5976\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/8-5-16a-006.jpg\" alt=\"8-5-16a 006\" width=\"700\" height=\"1050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/8-5-16a-006.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/8-5-16a-006-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/8-5-16a-006-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/8-5-16a-006-533x800.jpg 533w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/>Where is \u201chulk\u201d when you need him?\u00a0 \u201cArnold?\u00a0 Can you help me out here?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I claimed the peak, of course. \u00a0More rocks.\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5979\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/8-5-16a-023.jpg\" alt=\"8-5-16a 023\" width=\"700\" height=\"466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/8-5-16a-023.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/8-5-16a-023-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/>The view of Jordan Pond from Bubble rock was spectacular.\u00a0 There is a restaurant at the other end of the pond, in the clearing to the right at the far end to put a fine point on it. \u00a0That&#8217;s where we began and ended our hike. \u00a0They are known for their popovers.\u00a0\u00a0 We \u201cknew\u201d some popovers after our walk. \u00a0\u00a0Pretty good.\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5978\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/8-5-16a-019.jpg\" alt=\"8-5-16a 019\" width=\"700\" height=\"466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/8-5-16a-019.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/8-5-16a-019-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/>\u00a0The view from \u201clake level\u201d to where we climbed.\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5981\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/8-5-16a-032.jpg\" alt=\"8-5-16a 032\" width=\"700\" height=\"466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/8-5-16a-032.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/8-5-16a-032-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/>OK, so about that title.\u00a0 I saw an eagle carrying a snake. \u00a0 Perhaps not a happy snake at that. \u00a0 &#8220;Weee!!! \u00a0Take me higher!<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5980\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/8-5-16a-031.jpg\" alt=\"8-5-16a 031\" width=\"2609\" height=\"2241\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/8-5-16a-031.jpg 2609w, https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/8-5-16a-031-300x258.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/8-5-16a-031-768x660.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/8-5-16a-031-1024x880.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/8-5-16a-031-800x687.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2609px) 100vw, 2609px\" \/>I also got a shot of a loon. \u00a0Check. \u00a0 He was pretty busy fishing so kept ducking, or would that be \u201clooning\u201d, under the water and popping up somewhere else.\u00a0\u00a0 I had a tough time getting a good shot.\u00a0 As many times as I told him \u201clook at me loon\u201d, no luck.\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5982\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/8-5-16a-038.jpg\" alt=\"8-5-16a 038\" width=\"700\" height=\"466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/8-5-16a-038.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/8-5-16a-038-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/>The water was impossibly clear.\u00a0 What a view.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5984\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/8-5-16a-049.jpg\" alt=\"8-5-16a 049\" width=\"700\" height=\"466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/8-5-16a-049.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/8-5-16a-049-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/>And finally, a frog in water, not so clear.\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5985\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/8-5-16a-051.jpg\" alt=\"8-5-16a 051\" width=\"700\" height=\"466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/8-5-16a-051.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/8-5-16a-051-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/>So, rocks of many sizes, an eagle, a snake if an unhappy one at that, a loon and a frog plus a popover or two for me and ten thousand steps.\u00a0 \u00a0Good day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Everywhere you look in Maine there are rocks, rocks as big as a mountain,medium sized boulders or as pint sized as a pebble and about every size in between. \u00a0You&#8217;d think that with all of the rocks milling around together would also spawn some sand.\u00a0 Alas, no sand but many, many rocks. 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