For Christmas last year Jen and I skipped the presents for each other and decided we'd just do a weekend away sometime instead. With the weather warming up but the rates still cheaper for the off season we decided to go to Bar Harbor this past weekend. We stayed at the Bar Harbor Grand, where we had stayed once before and liked it so we went back, and liked it just as much this time too. It's right near downtown so we could walk to dinner one night and had a short drive the next night.
Saturday was sunny and breezy, a bit cooler than we had hoped for but still nice so went on a big 8 mile hike looping over 6 mountains including the second highest in the park, mostly hiking trails but also using the famous carriage roads for a bit here and there. Along the way we saw a bald eagle, two waterfalls including the tallest waterfall in the park and also 3 of the famous carriage road bridges, including the largest one.
Sunday was also nice and less breezy so we went on a two mile walk or hike (depends on which of us you ask) to stretch our legs before the ride home. We also stopped at a couple good beaches to find sea glass for our collection on the way off the island and finally headed home to see our girls. We had a great weekend away just the two of us but it was only the third time we've left them for the night and the longest we've ever gone without our girls so we missed them a lot too. It was awesome to have Brooke come running to meet us with huge hugs when we walked in the door. A great ending to a great weekend. For pictures of the trip you can click here and if you'd like to join us up there camping Memorial Day weekend let us know. There's still a few sites available if that sounds like fun to you. That's all for now.
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