Sandy beach

We decided to hike the 1.4 mile Great Head Trail which is supposed to be  “moderate” and loops around the perimeter of the small peninsula called Great Head located on the east side of Sand Beach in Acadia National Park.  However, somehow we veered off from the path and ran into some difficult set of bedrocks on the way that you have to scramble up, so some of the “acrophobia” people from our group decided to go back down and wait for us (me and the kids) down by the beach.

We saw all kinds of beautiful views of Sand Beach and the Gulf of Maine from up here.

On the way down, it was pretty intense at times with climbing steep boulders and tough rocky hiking but kids did great. Only thing was the trails were not marked very well and we got lost for a while, kept on going around the loop up and down all over the place…  Finally after 2 hours of wondering, Chloe guided us with her google map and got us out of the woods.

I have to say while we were lost,  we were getting tired, sweaty and irritated that we kept on going around the loop not seeing the trail to the entrance to the beach where we started. I was staring to lose my cool and Chloe and I started bickering. I was blaming  her for keep going too fast ahead of me and leading us to wrong ways and she blamed me for my “stupid” idea of hiking this trail.
It was Shane who kept his cool and stayed calm the entire time,  kept us intact and tried to convince us girls to make up and stay together. Thanks Shane for being a great example today.

My lobster poke bowl. De. Li. Cious ! !

We visited the cliffside Bass Harbor Head Lighthouse in Acadia National Park, located in the village of Bass Harbor within Tremont, Maine.

Starting this beautiful day with a delicious breakfast @ Thrive.

We got to play some tennis at the hotel club house after dinner.  I think I’ll take some lessons so I can keep up with these guys.

We are finally here in Bar Harbor where we’ll spend next 5 days with our friends.

Dinner @ La Bella Vita

We came back to the same food truck in Portland to have lobster rolls.

All three kids have been so excited about drinking blueberry soda in Maine.

Thank you for the best lobster roll in town!

We took a little stroll around the town before hopping on the car for another 4 hours north.

Located in Walker’s Point is the Bush compound, the summer home of 41st President of the United Sates Gerge H.W. Bush.  Walker’s Point juts out into the Atlantic Ocean in southern Maine, in the town of Kennebunkport.