Maine Jumble

What a trip!!!! It was relaxing, it was beautiful, it was refreshing and crisp. We had such an incredible time and Mary and Larry found such a beautiful house right on the water. I did not take any pictures of the house but believe me when I say it was.. perfection.

The pictures loaded in random order and its a lazy Sunday evening so I am going to leave them that way. There are so many pictures.. I just chose a few good ones to share..

The one above is all of us in Acadia National Park...



Stephen tells me this is Bass Harbor Lighthouse. While we were there a bald eagle flew right past us.. it was incredible. Sadly, I still can not load portrait oriented pictures so.. you will have to imagine it until I have time to put it on Photobucket and transfer it from there..anyway.. isn't it gorgeous??



Stephen at Otter Point in Acadia.. He loves to go as far as possible ;)



Stephen and David



Brothers.



We spent one entire day hiking around Isle au Haut. You have to take the mail boat there and it drops you off and comes back at the end of the day and you better be there on time or you are spending the night out there. This was probably my favorite day.. the weather was perfect the scenery was incredible.. it was such an awesome adventure.



Misty morning .. view from the house.



David, Larry and I whale watching in Acadia. No luck :(



More of Bass Lighthouse..



Another family shot at Acadia



On our hike around Isle au Haut, Stephen and David got a little warm and decided to take a swim in the frigid waters...in their boxers. It - was - freezing. They look like they are having fun right ? :)




Yet another beautiful view on Isle au Haut



..and another.. I could sit for hours and listen to the waves crashing against the rocks..



On every coast in the Isle there were loads of lobster buoys washed up on shore.. really colorful and a constant reminder of exactly where you were hiking. The boys played a little baseball.



More beautiful views







In the center of the picture above you can see the little rock cove where we stopped for lunch. This is where the boys went swimming.



Mary and her walking stick at our lunch destination.


The first day we went hiking on Blue Hill.. the lupines were in bloom (purple in the picture).



Here we are at the top.. resting and getting eaten alive by mosquitoes..they were hungry that week!



I couldn't resist putting up another cute picture of Oliver and Stephen :)



One of the best things about our house on the water was the tidal pools we got to examine at low tide. We found a tiny crab in this one along with lots of mussels and snails.



So there you have it. Our long awaited trip to Deer Isle in Maine. Can't wait to go back.