Well we're back from our Memorial Day weekend in Acadia. We headed up for Emily's first camping Friday afternoon under the bright 90 degree sunshine with great expectations. It was a beautiful ride to Bangor where we, and the weather, turned and headed south to Mount Desert Island and Acadia National Park. As we got closer the temperature dropped steadily and when we finally got to within a few miles of the coast a thick coastal fog set in over the campground and most of the island along with 58 degree temps.

The cool weather there did make for nice campfire nights so I guess it could have been worse. At least it didn't actually rain until the 4 am thunderstorm Monday morning and everything but the weather was great. The camping, family, friends, food and drinks made up for the lousy weather and we had a great weekend in spite of the fog. It did limit the hiking we had planned since little kids and kids in packs didn't seem to mix with wet slippery rocks and cold viewless summits. We squeezed in a decent four mile hike along Ocean Path Saturday and for some reason downtown Bar Harbor was sunny on Sunday so we spent most of our time away from camp there that day.

Of course on Monday after the thunderstorm the clouds and fog lifted and it turned into a beautiful day so Jen, the girls and I drove around a bit and walked the Cadillac summit loop before we headed home around one. I felt bad for the people who hadn't been there before and drove 4 hours to see a fog bank but hopefully they all enjoyed the rest of the experience and will go back sometime again with us to see what they missed out on. Or maybe they don't even care about the scenery, who knows. Overall Emily's first camping trip went great and we're ready for summer to arrive now. So now that my book is written there are a lot of pictures if you're interested right here. If you check them out and this looks like fun to you we love to go every chance we get so let us know if you want to plan a trip sometime. If we're free we'll be there.