Written by Day eleven. Acadia National Park. Schoodic Woods Campground.
The last day of our camping adventure was day eleven. The morning started cool and sunny. We decided that our last day at Schoodic Woods would be a little bit lower key, and there were fewer Ranger-led activities anyways. We did tidepooling at Frazer Creek at low tide in the morning and then hit it again as the high tide was coming in during the afternoon. In the afternoon we had figured out the swirling current of the cove and knew where to be to see all the marine life coming in on the tide. It was awesome. The kids and I had so much fun, and we saw nearly 100 crabs going right by our feet. Some we picked up, others we tried but the bigger crabs fled to deeper water that we weren’t willing to go into because the water was so cold. We really had a lot of fun despite none us being able to feel anything below our thighs from being in the cold water for so long. In between trips down to Frazer Creek, which was really close to the campground, we took a nice long break for lunch at our campsite. The kids rode their bikes off and on all day, and we had a really nice day. We knew that rain was coming in again, overnight, and that packing up in the morning would likely be a soaking wet affair. So, I packed up the canopy, lights, cords, chairs, and picnic table stuff before dark on our final night.
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Theodore was our resident crab grabber. He did pretty well but did get pinched a few times.
Several of the sea urchins we found were in clusters of various marine life. These were much better to spot then to step on.
This was my view for much of the week. I would stand in the water without moving around for quite a while and tiny baby lobsters and baby seahorses, crabs, and various snails would approach my area. I literally had a wild aquarium at my feet most of the week.
All the outside stuff was packed up on Friday night as to limit how soaked I would get packing up the tent on Saturday morning before checking out of Schoodic Woods.