Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Acadia National Park

We recently returned from a wonderful camping vacation at Acadia National Park in Maine. On our way up, we stopped to visit the Olivares' in Avon, CT. They are doing well and are settled into their beautiful new home.


This was our third visit to Acadia, and we explored some favorite sites as well as discovering new places and things to do. One highlight was when we came across Anemone Cave, a large cave that Robert and the bigger boys were able to explore because it was low tide. Inside they found a tide pool with anemone, starfish and lots of snails.


On our last day we were able to take advantage of the low tide again, and walk from the town of Bar Harbor to Bar Island. The first picture we took just before we walked across, the third was taken at high tide, on the same spot.
We spent lots of times during our hikes foraging for blueberries. There were so many and they were ripe for the picking!
We hope to go back to Acadia in a few years when the boys are all able to ride bikes. Acadia has beautiful bike trails we'd love to explore!

8 comments:

Abby said...

It's great to see what you guys are up to! Looks like you had a nice trip :) Love you all lots!

Emily said...

I love that picture that looks like they are pushing the huge rock into the water!

Rolinda said...

Wow, wat een mooie foto's!!! Het geeft veel herinneringen aan onze prachtige trip vorig jaar naar Acadia. Het is er echt fantastisch. Het ziet er uit alsof jullie het wel koud hadden daar. Je brengt me op een idee: Ik zal vanavond ook weer eens foto's op onze blog zetten!

Groetjes aan iedereen

Big hug, Rolinda

Jessica Kok said...

Ah, Bar Harbor. I had my first lobster there!
Looks like ya'll had fun!

Vanessa Bartels said...

Thanks for posting all the great pictures! Beautiful! Love you all!!

Sarah said...

Cool cave! What fun to go to the same place. Blueberry picking must have been fun too. I thought of three blonde bears searching fo rfood. We love you all!

Rolinda said...

Hi Jennifer,
Met de jongens gaat het prima. Joel is alweer naar school dus de vakantie is alweer voorbij. Ik heb net alle foto's van de vakantie op de site gezet!

Groetjes, Rolinda

Emily said...

I know, I already left a comment for this one, but your family picture is just beautiful, love it!