Craig's blog

Today we got up early and drove off with the kids all still in bed to get to Acadia early and hopefully find a campsite. We got here at 10:00 and got a great site at the end of a row which means we mostly have forest around us.

Before lunch we walked out to Seawall (the beach near the campground) and had rock throwing contests. That's where this picture was taken.

We ate lunch in our campsite and then drove around the southern tip of the western piece of Mount Desert island. We walked around the tiny town of Southwest Harbor and bought a few groceries in a tiny store.
We came back to camp, relaxed for a few minutes and then grilled hamburgers and corn on a make shift grill. It was a delicious meal, that we had to get through quickly because we had reserved kayaks for a sunset paddle at Long Pond. We drove the 25 minute drive up there and went out on two tandems and two singles.  Kelli and Maddie started in the singles. After about 20 minutes all the girls wanted to jump in the lake so Patty and I floated while they frolicked in the warm water. It's a big "pond" - 4 miles long! We paddled from 6:30 to 8:00 and then the girls swam while I got the boats back up to the rental place. We stopped for ice cream on the way home. :)

Tonight's the first night we're dry camping and we learned another problem with the motorhome - the 12V battery has no capacity left. I think I'll try to replace it tomorrow.

This blogger app on my phone seems pretty good...