Camping in Acadia National Park

This past weekend, we took our very first family camping trip!  We joined another family (the Moores) and headed to Acadia National Park in Maine.  I'm so glad that we camped in tandem with another family so that we could ease into the experience and share some of the responsibilities of packing, food prep and, of course, fun!  I also enjoyed the fact that the boys slept outside in a tent and the girls shared a small cabin with 2 bunk beds, a small refrigerator and a gas grill. :-)
 

A campfire complete with s'mores!

Lukas trying his first s'more.  He liked the taste, but not the stickiness.

Isabel trying her first s'more. Clearly it brought a smile to her face!

The boys, being boys (hunters, that is!)

"Hiking" in a nature reserve

Picnicking in the same nature reserve

The boys at their tent

Enjoying a very yummy pancake breakfast made by our friend Susan on the grill

Our first time kayaking!

Going to Acadia has been on Olli's "bucket list" since we moved to New England because he remembers passing through as a teenager on his parents' 25th wedding anniversary trip.  He was in search of one particular view (photographed below) that has stuck in his mind every since the first time he saw it. Worth the trip, don't you think?