tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5976677660710278484.post8525853439563916896..comments2023-02-19T11:01:58.507-05:00Comments on The Memorials of Acadia National Park: Don Lenahanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05374219690072145662noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5976677660710278484.post-42285659711841943192013-09-12T15:41:44.721-04:002013-09-12T15:41:44.721-04:00Don, you are amazing!
I will never, ever forget ...Don, you are amazing! <br /><br />I will never, ever forget a hot day when I was walking on the carriage road from the Stanley Brook bridge up Redfield Hill towards intersection 29. A carriage from Wildwood stables passed by full of happy riders being regaled by the driver with the history of the carriage roads.<br /><br />My gaze was directed to the sturdy horses laboring up the hill with the full weight of the carriage and its passengers strapped around their strong backs. I had seen lots of Wildwood carriages and count Wildwood Stables as one of Acadia's many wonderful attributes. They are a blessing to those who may not be able to bicycle or walk on Rockefeller's great gift to us all and enjoy its beautiful bridges and sweeping vistas. However, I had not until that moment realized how hard those wonderful animals were working. Up close I could see them sweating and huffing and puffing.<br /><br />I have never been on one of those carriages and probably never will, but I have met the management and staff at Wildwood. They care for those horses and do not subject them to unnecessary suffering. Still, those horses, like we who volunteer on the trails, work hard. It is nice to know that back in the day when horses did most of the work for which we now rely on machines someone cared so much for them.<br /><br />Bless Edith Bowdoin and others who installed horse troughs around the country; and thank you for calling her to our attention.<br /><br />Question: LaRochelle is now the HQ of Maine Sea Coast Mission, is it not? Was it Ms Bowdoin who donated it to MSCM? <br /><br />JimAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com