Acadia, day 5

We started the day off at Bass Harbor Lighthouse.  The White's left that morning, so it was just our little family.

Random rock climbing was a theme of our trip. 

I was nervous about Eli climbing in crocs, but he kept assuring me that they were in "sport mode" and crocs are for rocks.  

Then we took Maya for a walk at Pretty Marsh.

Alison found a baby crab.

Maya made sounds we had never heard her make before on this walk.  When Ben pretended to fall into the water, it sounded like she was crying, "Oh, no, no!".

But when we tried it with Alison, her reaction was more, "Um, mom. Are you going to save your kid?"

The best part of the trip was that we could paddle board everyday.  I loved that we could throw the boards in the truck, drive a few minutes away and be on the water whenever we wanted.

This day was an adventure we won't forget.  I'm glad I went out with the boys, because it started to POUR when we got out to the main water.  Ben was comfy in the back of the truck...

Then Ben and I went to hike Beehive Trail.  We waited until the evening so the crowds would be gone and it was a great decision.  We had the place to ourselves!

This is the second hardest hike in the park and I didn't realize until the end how helpful the fog was.  I just followed Ben and had a really fun time.  I didn't realize until we got home that this is what it was supposed to look like:

I could hear the ocean, but I think I would have been nervous if I could see how high up we actually were.

Alison called while we were hiking to let us know that the power went out at the Airbnb.  We picked up some food on the way home, since we wouldn't be able to heat up our planned leftovers.  Another great decision.  We found this food truck by our Airbnb and it was the best food of the entire trip.