For our February break, Melanie and Paul visited on their way in from Ireland. We spent three days exploring the winter scene at Acadia. The weather was incredibly cooperative. It snowed for the entire trip, so we were able to snowshoe and cross-country ski through the beautiful surroundings! There were very few visitors and we had the park practically to ourselves.

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Look! Beaver!	Paul's first experience walking on a frozen pond.	Unfortunately it induced terrible facial seizures.	The frozen grandeur of Acadia.	Paul slowly gets the hang of walking on the ice.
Melanie joins him for a brief jig.	We pass the evening hours playing Bandu. Paul tries to figure out where to place another piece.	Brian's tower emerged victorious. The two of us used up just about all of the pieces in our two towers.	Cross-country skiing in the fresh snowfall!	The frozen Eagle Lake in the snow.
Meredith and Melanie skiing.	The snow makes everything prettier!	The evergreen lined carriage trail. You can see the ski paths in the snow.	A mountain highlighted by snow.	Meredith willfully disobeys the traffic signs in the snowed-in parking lot at Sand Beach.
We really enjoyed snow-shoeing to the beach and seeing the sand, snow and water all together.	The Maine coast in winter....	...looks very different from this photo I took last August!	The winter brings bigger waves and more wind.	Melanie, Meredith and Paul, who can't quite hide his neurological impairment.
Paul plays chicken with the waves while wearing snowshoes.	...and loses!	The much photographed Thunder Hole, now in its winter colors.	Melanie and Meredith watch Paul climb the icy rocks for a better view.	Paul finds the ideal vantage point.
Winter brings lots of excitement to Thunder Hole.	... in marked comparison to this action shot from August.	Good thing nobody is on the walkway today!	The waves leave the rockface and railings coated with ice.
A frozen Jordan Pond with the Bubbles in the background.	Here is a similar perspective from our October trip.	No swimming?! But I brought my ice axe!	Sisters in snowshoes!	A partially frozen creek flows from Jordan Pond.
The carriage road around Jordan Pond.	Paul, Meredith and Melanie enjoying the perfect weather!	The fresh snow shows off the contours in the woods.	Fresh ski tracks on the carriage road.	Another beautiful view of evergreens in winter.
Icefalls hang from the summit of Penobscot Mountain.	We hike up the carriage road until we come to this overlook.	The overlook over Jordan Pond and the Bubbles.	The view was definitely worth the hike!	Meredith sporting her sexy snowshoes!
		One our way out of town, we drove past this cove filled with sea ice.	Paul was insistent on exploring it.	Unfortunately, we never saw him again....

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