It wasn't without its moments of stress, but all in all we had a nice time. The weather wasn't always great but it could have been worse. The 4 rainiest days were all days that we were traveling most of the day anyway, and the days in between were gorgeous. There were 4 different areas that we visited so I will attempt to give highlights of each place.
The first day we drove to Acadia National Park near Bar Harbor, Maine, which are located on Mt. Desert Island. Acadia is one of the highest visited National Parks in the U.S. and it was peak tourist season. Even so, it is a very nice area and we would love to go back sometime and stay longer.
The morning started out foggy and we couldn't even see the water, but we had high hopes that the fog would burn off and headed toward Sand Beach. We weren't there to swim but to explore some of the trails that went out to a point beside it.
These 2 points of land made a little cove which was Sand Beach
(orginal name, huh?)
The waves were mesmerizing to sit and watch as they crashed on the rocks. The kids had fun looking in crooks and crannies for sea life left behind (the tide was going out).
Renae found a shell from a sea urchin.
(Which got destroyed later by a raccoon!)
*refer to Prince Edward Island post
They found several sea stars. This was the biggest.
The water is so clear. The plants are out of the water, but the sea star is in.
Otter Point area
This is on top of Cadillac Mt. - the highest point on Mt. Desert Island
In the evening we drove down to the touristy town of Bar Harbor. We enjoyed ice cream and walking around the tourist shops.
For us Delawarians who are used to summer tourists, it really didn't seem too crazy. It probably helped that we were there midweek!
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