We checked out of our Frederickton Holiday Inn, and stopped briefly for a tour at the Macataq Power Plant...
(not quite as brief as S. would have liked, though J liked the hard hat, glasses and ear plugs very much)
Then we drove a looong time to Bangor, where we dropped Daddy off at the airport Hertz, and continued on to Family Nature Camp.
There, we met up with Aunt L and Cousin S, and all the Cs.
(Photos forthcoming. Sigh.)
Monday July 14, 2008
J. began the day by throwing up his pancakes rather alarmingly, so he, S. and I hung close to the dorms while E. and the Cs went on the Geology Walk and Aunt L and S. went kayaking.
Once he changed his shirt and brushed his teeth he appeared to perk up just fine, and we got some good pics of the boaters:
After lunch, we headed over to Jordan Pond. Both S. and S. conquered the whole 3.1 mile loop!
The really big news, those, occurred as we were enjoying...
the popovers...
and the tooth finally came out!
We talked about watching the sun set over Cadillac Mountain, but everyone was tired, so we settled in for a little Quiddler...
while the teenagers orchestrated a rehearsal for a Talent Show they're planning.
Tuesday July 15, 2008
Mr. C. got up for the 5:30 Bird Walk.
Nobody joined him, so no pictures.
Later, Aunt L. and S. went off on their Geology Walk, while we and the Cs went to the Carroll Homestead. It turned out to be a reasonable hit for the full (and varied) crowd.
S. spent the entire time carding wool...
The other kids had a good time with all the Old Fashioned Diversions...
and Mrs. C and I enjoyed talking to the Carroll descendent who was there swapping family tales.
Afterwards, we picnicked at Seawall, where J. did very nicely tidepooling...
... and where I ran out of camera memory. (Sigh.)
The Cs and E went off to poke around Bar Harbor; whereas S. and J. and I poked around Southwest Harbor.
We stopped off at the AMC's Echo Lake camp, just to do a little due diligence on other possible options, then returned back to campus to check out the touch tank in the Dorr Museum.
After dinner, we all went together to watch the sun set over Cadillac Mountain...
and some of us went to a ranger-led stargazing program at Sand Beach. Mr. and Mrs. C and I all thought it was divine. I could have lain on the sand on my blanket, gazing up at the sky, listening to the waves crash, smelling the salt and listening to Ranger Matt point out constellations and telling me stories from Native American lore and Greek mythology for another two hours, easily.
Not all the kids felt the same way...
but hey. You gotta try a lot of things, since not much sticks.
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
The kids were pretty tired.
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