We're off again!
12. august 2016, Forenede Stater ⋅ ⛅ 84 °F
Humid, miserable, an ant explosion 🐜🐜🐜in the house upon departure, but with excitement off we head to Oxford, ME for some lake time and Grammy & Grampy love! Good to be back in our home awayLæs mere
Freedom!
12. august 2016, Forenede Stater ⋅ ⛅ 90 °F
Crossing into Maine from Freedom, NH! Pluto helped Patrick find his happy place 👶🏼😘
Grammy & Grampy's House!
13. august 2016, Forenede Stater ⋅ ☁️ 63 °F
Arrived yesterday to more humdity and a storm that had passed through so everyone went to the lake to practice our diving skills off the dock and rocks. We had such a blast that we forgot to takeLæs mere
Belfast
13. august 2016, Forenede Stater ⋅ ☁️ 63 °F
Too bad it's cloudy, still gorgeous! First views of the ocean ⛵️
Also, passed by China and Somerville where the main drag is called Patrickstown Road. We're having fun with our borrowed MaineLæs mere
Coolest bridge in Maine!
13. august 2016, Forenede Stater ⋅ ☁️ 63 °F
Penobscott Narrows Bridge, Bucksport - Maddie wants to row here one day. Who wouldn't?!?
Schoodic Campground, Acadia!
13. august 2016, Forenede Stater ⋅ ☁️ 61 °F
GORGEOUS NEW CAMPGROUND!!! Enjoying our first night at Acadia at their brand new campground finished this year. Wow! Chicken alfredo here we come!
Wake up!
14. august 2016, Forenede Stater ⋅ ☁️ 64 °F
Sleeping beauties! Patrick slept until 8:30 so we all had an extra nice sleep in as well, yeah! Then we had yummy omlettes with eggs from Gammy and Grampy's chickens. We are spoiled!
Bald Peak
14. august 2016, Forenede Stater ⋅ 🌫 73 °F
.9 mile hike up the Bald Peak trail! First of 6 mountains we did today. Started at 1:20 and summited at 1:47
Parkman MT and Gilmore PK
14. august 2016, Forenede Stater ⋅ 🌫 73 °F
Hiked .3 miles to Parkman MT and .5 to Gilmore PK. Summited Gilmore at 2:05pm
Sargent MT
14. august 2016, Forenede Stater ⋅ ⛅ 75 °F
1373 ft up Sargent MT, .5 miles from Gilmore PK. Summited at 3:20, then went down to the Bubble Divide and walked 3.5 miles there until we reached the bottom of Cadillac MT.
Acadia Visitor Center
14. august 2016, Forenede Stater ⋅ ⛅ 79 °F
Maddie, Gordie and Gus are off hiking from where we dropped them at Parkman Mountain and will continue to cross the island from west to east via Sargent Mt. and over to Cadillac Mt.
Patrick andLæs mere
Carriage Road Mini-Hike
14. august 2016, Forenede Stater ⋅ 🌫 77 °F
Patrick said he needed to run so off we went to the carriage road near the visitor center! Perfecto!
Our trail!
14. august 2016, Forenede Stater ⋅ ⛅ 72 °F
Here is the route we took to all the different mountains. It took about 6 hours to hike them all
Cadillac MT
14. august 2016, Forenede Stater ⋅ ⛅ 72 °F
Hiked 1530 ft up Cadillac MT, which was 1.4 miles. Started at 5:28 pm and summited at 7:03. There is an option to drive up the mountain so when we summited there were a lot of people who didn't breakLæs mere
Gorge Path Pick-up
14. august 2016, Forenede Stater ⋅ ⛅ 73 °F
Waiting to pick up our hikers at the bottom of Gorge Path as it turns out RV's cannot summit Cadillac Mountain 😢 While waiting amongst the rocks and river, we got a text saying the Trolley driverLæs mere
Cinnamon Rolls and Gin
15. august 2016, Forenede Stater ⋅ ☁️ 68 °F
Nothing like some cinnamon rolls and gin rummy to get the day started. Goodbye to a beautiful national park campground that we heard cost $20 million to complete!
Wilderness Edge Campground!
15. august 2016, Forenede Stater ⋅ ⛅ 70 °F
Within striking distance of Mt.Katahdin 🗻is our new campground! Seconds upon parking Gordie is hard at work setting up his tent and Patrick is excavating a new territory. Much cooler here. A niceLæs mere
Let the games begin!
15. august 2016, Forenede Stater ⋅ ☁️ 72 °F
Maddie and Angus didn't take long to break out the cribbage board! Let the battle begin!
Naturally, Patrick charmed the camp owner into giving him a ride in his "tractor".
Fueling up hikers withLæs mere
Hikers summitted!
16. august 2016, Forenede Stater ⋅ ☀️ 73 °F
Received a text just now that our hikers have reached the summit of Mt.Katahdin! Congrats to our hikers for climbing the tallest mountain in Maine!
Last night we were not sure if this feat would beLæs mere
Mount Katahdin!
16. august 2016, Forenede Stater ⋅ ☀️ 66 °F
Summit reached!
-5,268ft
-5.2 miles up the Hunt Trail
-6:50am departure from trailhead
-10:50am arrival at top
Mt.Katahdin x2
16. august 2016, Forenede Stater ⋅ ☀️ 70 °F
Some more pictures of the hike!
S'mores!
16. august 2016, Forenede Stater ⋅ 🌙 68 °F
What's better than a campfire?!? Patrick had his firetruck ready just in case. Her threw his head back and said "yum!"
Hanging in the camper :)
17. august 2016, Forenede Stater ⋅ ☁️ 66 °F
En route to Newcastle. Lots of snuggles required! Headed to see Uncle Dave and Aunt Jess' new island!
Cunningham Island
17. august 2016, Forenede Stater ⋅ ⛅ 73 °F
Lunch is served! So nice to be witg family! Uncle Dave, Aunt Jess and Cousin Duncan were waiting with a yummy lunch including homemade bread!
Mud!!!!
17. august 2016, Forenede Stater ⋅ ⛅ 73 °F
Low tide so we had to explore...maybe not the best idea...it was a LOT of mud!!!
































































































































