Acadia's Newest Junior Ranger

In our time in Acadia, Cam completed a number of small projects and earned his second National Park Junior Ranger badge. Here he's being sworn in by Ranger Becky at Hulls Cove Visitor Center.

Boys in the Stocks

Saturday afternoon, we took the boys to play minigolf. Ian gave up after 12 holes (too hot), but Cam shot all 18 holes, finishing +32. Given that they weren't exactly the best behaved little darlings one might have hoped for that day, we thought this photo op particularly apropos.

Cam & Ian at Jordan Pond Nature Trail

Ian got to lead this hike, but Cam got to read the interpretive booklet — a leader and a reader.

Acadia Scenery

As the park rangers are fond of telling visitors, Acadia has just about everything: ocean, mountains, forests, beaches, cliffs, ponds, streams.... Every vista is just gorgeous.

Little Hunters Beach

Unlike nearby Sand Beach, which is absolutely packed with tourists (like us) on warm summer days, Little Hunters Beach is almost completely empty of people, which just makes it that much more beautiful.

Spider-Boy

Ian was particularly impressed with himself for his ability to stick to this rock.

"Secrets of the Summit" with Ranger Alex

After leaving Moosehead yesterday, we drove down to Mount Desert Island to spend a couple days in Bar Harbor, just outside Acadia National Park. Today we went to the top of Mount Cadillac, the highest point on the Atlantic seaboard north of Rio de Janeiro, and took a short tour of the peak with one of the park rangers.