Vacation Series - Part 2

Back with some more photos from our vacation. While you won't even come close to seeing all the pictures Curt and I took, I am trying to give you enough of a variety to let you see what we experienced in Maine (and Boston).

Here is a picture of Gavy sitting by Paul Revere's grave site. In case you can't read it, it says Paul Revere, born in Boston January 1734, died May 1818. And he is buried in this little cemetery that is right smack dab in the middle of Boston. So crazy. Also buried here is John Hancock, Ben Franklin's parents, the victims of the Boston massacre, among others.

Me and my honey along the coast. We had to deal with the fog a lot on this trip but I thought it made for some interesting pictures sometimes. I tend to like the foggy background. The kids totally loved being along the coast because they were finding seashells galore.

Here is Gavin again. This was one of the sections of our hike up Cadillac Mountain. First we started out with gobs of tree roots, then rocky paths like this and then there was smooth trails and we finished up with climbs that were almost straight up. Not fun when you are dead tired by the time you get to the top of this 3.5 mile hike. But at least we can all say we hiked up the tallest mountain on the eastern seaboard. But what was best about this hike was the views. Couldn't see those kind of views from a road.

Zach, Tyler, Jordan, Matt at the pier in Bar Harbor. We were waiting patiently for our boat trips, Curt, I and the little ones went on a lighthouse tour and the boys went on a lobster boat. They really enjoyed themselves and learned all they need to know about lobsters. I don't have any pictures of that though since we didn't go on there with them. Sorry.

Picture of the fam by Eagle Lake on the first leg of our hike on the carriage roads. The carriage roads were built by John D. Rockefeller, Jr. in the early 1900's because he wanted to enjoy horse-drawn carriage rides free of cars. By the time he was finished he had completed 57 miles of these roads that intertwine and loop around each other through Acadia National Park. And to this day, no cars are allowed on the roads. You can only get around by foot, bike or horse-drawn carriages.

Here is Riley in on of the many pictures we took while we went on the Park Loop Road. Not sure though what that lake is called behind her.

On Friday we went to a fun park and the kids had a blast. This was the consolation prize for not being able to whale watch. Jordan is in the green car and Zach is behind him in the black car. We were a little nervous at first because they weren't going to let Zach drive his own car because he was a half an inch short. I could see it in his face that he was very sad and hated the thought of being the only older kid not to drive by himself. But, the guy running it all changed his mind and let him pass. We made sure to let him know we appreciated that.

Here is a statue of Paul Revere with the Old North Church in the background. The Old North Church is significant to Paul Revere because that is where he went up in the tower and let the lanterns to warn everyone that the British were coming. Very cool inside the church and it is still used today for services and weddings.