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no whales today

Friday, August 30th, 2019

So we got on the boat, and I was  excited at the prospect of  seeing beautiful whales jumping all around the boat on this gorgeous summer day…. But then the captain kept making announcements warning us about the high swell of the ocean this morning, being very rough due to the rain we got yesterday, blah blah blah. Hmmm. I’ll be okay, I thought. I mean, we all took dramamine… Then all of the sudden, Andrew sprung up saying he’s not feeling this boat ride and took Shane off the boat with him before I had the chance to think. A perfect excuse to go golfing, we all thought and knew. So it was just Chloe and me with two of our friends. Turned out, we were the fools.

As soon as the boat took off, we felt the strong cold wind shooting at us and I felt like we were all going to be blown away if we stayed on the outside deck. So we tumbled our way in, holding on to rails and anyone whoever reached out to give us their hands so we could hold on to our dear lives and go inside of the boat.

About 5 mins in, I got seasick. Chloe got seasick and my friends did too. No one spoke to each other and we kept our head down and shut our eyes hoping it will end soon. 30 mins or so later, Chloe asked me how much long the boat ride is going to be and I didn’t have the heart to tell her that we have about at least 4 more hours of this awful ride… Oh Dear God, help us.

5 hours later, we didn’t see any whales nor did we bothered to look outside the entire ride. These pictures were taken when we got close to the land by Chloe. In the throes of seasickness, all I could think about was how I felt so bad and sorry I did this to my Chloe…for my another “stupid” idea. She didn’t get mad at me though and this amazing girl even tried to take care of me towards the end by trying to warm me up. Though she also got seasick, I barf* much more than her. (Which by the way, ended my lobster streak)
I mean there were people vomiting left and right, front and back. I once read, “People who don’t get seasick have no idea what it’s like. It’s not just nausea, It’s nausea plus losing the will to live. ” That’s all I gotta to say to that.

 

Going on a boat today { day 5 }

Friday, August 30th, 2019

We got up nice and early to catch a wale watch boat departing at 8:30 am.

Chloe and I shared a delicious lobster crepe before getting on the  boat.

tonight’s dinner

Thursday, August 29th, 2019

@ a local pub

Chloe’s lobster roll (is this her 4th one this trip?) & my lobster salad

swim

Thursday, August 29th, 2019

 

Loving my view…

biking around eagle lake

Thursday, August 29th, 2019

It’s raining today but that doesn’t stop us from exploring Acadia national park on bikes.

Take 1

Take 2

Take 3

Take 4. Finally.

2 cats { day 4 }

Thursday, August 29th, 2019

My lobster omelet, so sooo good!

Night swim

Wednesday, August 28th, 2019

dinner at The Terrace Grille

Wednesday, August 28th, 2019

Great head trail

Wednesday, August 28th, 2019

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.

lunch @ seawall

Wednesday, August 28th, 2019

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

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