Escaping the Heat on the Bold Coast

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Heat on the Bold Coast

Maine has been stupid-hot lately, and the lack of air conditioning has been killin’ me. We’re exploring different options for getting AC put in our house, but in the meantime, we have to deal. On Sunday we headed up the coast in search of a cool ocean breeze with no particular destination in mind, but of course, ended up at Quoddy Head State Park. This is one of my absolute favorite places in Maine and I had been dying to go back since our first visit last September on the Bold Coast.

beauty bold coast
flowers on bold coas

We were anticipating the park to be packed with tourists, but it wasn’t bad at all. The sun was shining, the tide was low, and the ocean breeze caused me to wear a hoodie for a while. It was so nice to not be sweating my butt off for once!

Maine beach stone

The first time we visited Quoddy, the tide was high and the waves were crashing so we couldn’t go too far down on the beach (but it made the views so beautiful and dramatic!). This time I was able to explore the beach for quite a while and I checked out some tide pools.

After exploring the beach we continued down the trail up on top of the cliffs. It lead us into such a lush, mossy forest. All I could smell was pine trees and sea salt– my favorite smell and I have yet to find a candle that even comes close.

Unfortunately, we didn’t make it to the end of the trail. Right as we got to a little wooden ladder that continued up the cliff, I felt a piercing pain in my knee, so we turned around. I was a little bummed, but I certainly intend to finish that trail during our next visit.

quoddy lubec area

If you’re in the Lubec area and you skip Quoddy, you’re crazy. It may not be the biggest park or have the most dramatic views or challenging hikes, but it’s so beautiful, peaceful, and there’s something about having to turn my phone on airplane mode to avoid international data fees (since the park is smack-dab on the Canadian border) that makes the park seem even more serene. I get to totally tune out for a few hours. This whole region of Maine is vastly underrated if ya ask me.

Wild Blueberry Land

Bonus: on the way home, we stopped at Wild Blueberry Land, located in the town of Columbia Falls. In case you didn’t know, I love kitschy roadside attractions and sadly wasn’t able to visit last time we were in the area. This place has been on my list for a while and we finally went in, smelled the pies, walked the grounds and grimaced at the creepy mannequins scattered around. This place is a treasure.

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