Bar Harbor, Part One

By William Laferriere

Swimming at dusk

in an exhilarating, refreshing Atlantic

Owning one’s body, in perfect harmony with the now.

Multiple daily hikes in very high heat

So many Trails

Penobscot, Pemetic, Sargent, Bald, Cadillac and more

All are Bony, proffering a variety of Boulders and

Roots

Perhaps awaiting an unsuspecting foot,

Short but steep,

Just another mile or so to go

Watching a puppy hopping up up up, happy as a Billy goat

Observing a spirited Bald Eagle,

nest a mile high

sitting on two chicks,

She too takes Ice cold dips into the ocean,

In search of nourishment for the little ones

Fires nightly,

to soothe one’s soul and procure

Post Covid Camping friendships for life