Just The Three Of Us

For one last time just the three of us went on a little mini Vacation. It was more like a long weekend, except we almost never get weekends off together, so we took a little time mid-week to go camping with Brooke so she could have us all to herself one more time and so Jen could squeeze in one more camping and hiking trip before she has to take a break for a little while. We ended up with two perfect September days up in Acadia. The nights were cold and snugly, I think it got down into the upper 40's, but the days were sunny and upper 60's so we couldn't have asked for a lot more than that.
The first day Brooke walked about 2 miles of nature trails along a harbor,through the woods, down to tide pools and some beaches. The next day we decided to see how she and Jen would do on an actual hike. They both did great, Brooke made it about 3/4 of a mile while climbing about 300 vertical feet before she decided it was time to ride in her piggy-backpack as she called it, but did great climbing up the rocks and ledges to that point. Jen made it the whole 1.1 miles to the top of 522 foot high Gorham Mountain, and back of course, even opting for the more adventurous route on the way down. The mountain itself is a rocky little peak right next to the ocean (the one farthest left in the picture below) so there are great views along the way and from the top even though it's one of the smaller mountains in the park.
That pretty much filled the two days up but we had a good time as usual. Now it's getting too cold to take the whole family and Jen's getting to the point where it's probably not such a great idea to go hiking any more so the next time we go Brooke is going to have to share us with her baby sister. Next spring she can help us introduce her to the outdoors and Acadia. For now pictures of this trip are right here if you want to see them.