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Acadia, Day 3

, on June 30th, 2009

: Maine Lobster outside an ice cream shop

: Same Lobster, different photo

: And the fog rolled in

The weather was still bad, so we stuck close to home. We drove into Bar Harbor and did some tourist window shopping and visisted the whale museum. We stopped for lunch at 2 Cats, which had a lot of vegetarian friendly items. The food was good, but wouldn’t make our ‘Perszyk-Eats’ map. However, our first night in Maine, we ate at Miguel’s Mexican Restaurant, which was very tasty, and, came with 1/2 price margarita pitchers, which made Tysen happy on Father’s Day.

Acadia, Day 2

By Kathryn

, on June 30th, 2009

Even with the less than desirable weather, we decided to take a hike anyways. We hooked up RKDy’s backpack chair with an umbrella to keep her dry and headed out. We don’t have any photos of it, but I work a XXL yellow rain coat that we trimmed the bottom off so I wouldn’t trip on it. It came in handy during the rain, but was a hazard during our rock-climbing short-cut. The hike kept us mostly on the carriage road surrounding Eagle Pond. We had intended to walk a trail along the lake, but with all the rain Maine had been getting, the trail was soaked! So, along the way, we searched out a short-cut, which we found. The sign said to Connor’s Nubble, which sounded good to us, and looked to cut off a big chunk of the trail and get us back to our car sooner. Well, the short-cut was more of a rock-climbing adventure, where we ascended 588 ft. The climb wasn’t too bad, but a bit tricky since everything was wet and Tysen was carrying RKDy on his back. We made it to the top and back down again safely, and vowed to do more research on our trails before we head out.

: Eagle Lake

: Baby Snapper

: RKDy enjoyed the hike

: I conquered Connor’s Nubble

: View from the top

: Tysen made it too

Acadia, Day 1

By Kathryn

, on June 30th, 2009

The ultimate destination of our trip was Acadia National Park, Maine. Unfortunately, the weather wasn’t so cooperative. On the first day, we took a driving tour along the Park Loop road, stopping along the coastline to take photos. For lunch, we stopped at The Jordon Pond House Restaurant for their famous popovers. Then, we drove to the top of Cadillac Mountain, which was surrounded in fog. Here are some of our photos from the day.

: A couple of beaver dams

: Windy creek

: There’s a lighthouse out there, I promise

: RKDy and I on a trail to the rocky coast

: A tree grows on the coast

: Tree growth

: Waves crashing on the shore

: I spy a spider, do you?

: Tysen & RKDy on the coast

: RKDy vs the Popover

: RKDy in her new Acadia Sweatshirt

: Can you find Tysen & RKDy?

Still recovering from the sugar coma…

By Kathryn

, on June 27th, 2009

So, its been a while now since we updated you on our trip progress. Last Saturday we visited the Ben & Jerry’s original factory and took the factory tour. We also ate way too much ice cream. Here’s a photo to tie you over until we get around to sorting through the Acadia, ME and Boston, MA pics.

The original van burned to the ground,

In reference to the sugar coma, whenever we go on vacation, we always indulge in way too many sweets. So, when the Ben & Jerry’s Factory didn’t sell Chubby Hubby in the ice cream shop, Tysen was on a mission to find it elsewhere. While in Cape Cod, we stopped at a Ben & Jerry’s ice cream shop which only sold it in pint form, so we bought a pint and proceeded to eat the entire thing (We couldn’t let it go to waste!). Some 660 calories each later, we were all sugared up! The only way we justified this over-indulgence was the fact that we also got 14 grams of protein each.