nestled in amongst the trees, you can see the top of our tent peeking through. this was home for the three of us last week. this site, on sommes sound, is at mount desert campground on mount desert island, maine. we first read about this campground, located very near acadia national park, in this book, about eight years ago and have had it filed away, in the back of our minds, in that ever-growing list of places we'd like to visit ever since... so this summer, we chose it as our home-base for a true-tenty-family-fun-getaway! and i must say it was fun... and very hard to brush off the pine needles, pack up and drive home.
as always it was great to camp out together. we cooked, played, explored, breathed fresh air, adventured and simply chilled out up on the foggy, sunny, rainy, sunny, beautiful rocky coast of maine. here are a few photos that we snapped along the way...
• loved spending time quietly checking out all the barnacles, seastars, periwinkles, mussles, etc... exposed at low tide @ 'pretty marsh' in acadia.
• loved jumping off large sloped granite into the clear refreshing waters of echo lake.
• loved the hikes, falcon sightings, junior ranger programs, and being on the lookout for a rare first family sighting at acadia. :)
• loved watching margaret thrive in the most simple, natural outdoor moments.
• loved the pointed firs and rugged foggy coast.

• loved just hanging in the tent.
fun stuff, that vacationland! thanks for scrolling through these travel pics. do you find it strange that i haven't mentioned a single morsel of food? yes, i think so too... well, on top of all the above goodness, there was plenty of campfire/coleman stove/dutch oven action going on and i've decided to save all that to share in another post.
until then, thanks maine!