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Article: Keeping Acadia's quiet side to themselves ; If you go . . .
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- August 30, 2009
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SCHOODIC PENINSULA - I was tucking my paddle beneath the bungee
straps of our tandem kayak when deep, throaty breaths punctuated the
silence of Frenchman Bay. Twenty feet to our left, a harbor seal
bobbed in the glassy water, sucking air before another dive.
Our guide, Darrin Kelly, was pouring cardamom tea with local
maple syrup when the seal resurfaced to our right, and a bit closer.
"He's a curious teenager," Kelly said, identifying the fur of a
juvenile male.
Cruising along Yellow Island by way of Bunkers Cove, our intimate
group - my sister, Diana, cousin Allie, and I - found unexpected
solitude. We were mere miles off the coast of Bar Harbor in summer
high season, yet we saw no ...