…as in playing in and on the water…
…sunset watching
…fishing
…floating with friends in Sargent Mtn Pond
…swimming in a very cold, salty tidal river
…letting fish nibble your toes
…walking on water
…snorkeling?
…kayaking
…collecting
…boogie boarding?
…fetching
…rock hopping
…and steaming
Maine is for playing in the water.
Maine vacations always mean lots of hiking…
Our first day found Mr O and I hiking up the Asticou Terraces Trail to the Thuya Garden.
This is not only a short, sweet hike with a beautiful view of Northeast Harbor…
…but it also has the garden at the end as a reward.
Without children, we spent much more time relaxing in the garden than we did hiking…
It is a garden of perennials and raked paths.
Our second hike, up Penobscot Mtn Trail, was our most strenuous…undertaken before the younger children arrived…
The view…well a picture is worth a thousand words…
We try to do this hike each year…just to prove we can…This is our two family group…minus me.
This hike also has a reward at the summit… we get to cool off in Sargent Mt Pond…
We have learned to wear our bathing suits on this hike…
On the way back down the view is just as fine…
After the children arrived we did two hikes that our nearly five year old grandson could hike. The first was Flying Mt…
It has just enough challenge…and just as fantastic views.
The reward at the end of this hike is picnicking and wading on the shores of Somes Sound.
Our last hike on this trip was up Day Mt…
…another climb that is child friendly…
…and still has a beautiful view.
Maine is for hiking…
My very sporadic posting will be interrupted by our annual vacation to Maine. There we will enjoy family, friends, food, hiking, reading, and relaxing…but not the internet. I will be taking three cameras with me…plus my iphone…so I should to have plenty to share when I return…
Sometimes frosting just isn’t needed…
…if you have a fancy cake pan…and make Vanilla Blueberry Pound Cake…
and decorate it with turbinado sugar…that looks just like beach sand…
…and blue pennants made of ribbon…
…And eat it at the beach.
