The North East

As you guys know, the vacation is over. We had a great time and only got rained on once or twice. We did some hiking, but Julia almost killed me on a couple. She doesn't like hiking up hill. I do becuase I like to see the view from the top. I think anymore hikes in the future up hill could be detremental to our relationship.

Some of the highlights ...
camping - I always love to camp and sit around the campfire and read at night with a beer, though I had trouble getting a fire started a couple times

backpack food - yeah, really, it's tasty. At least the beef stroganoff. How easy is cooking when all you have to do is add water

sunrise on Cadillac Mtn. - cold and windy, but we got some good pictures

lobster - Lobster bisque, lobster stew, lobster alfreado. It's great.

driving on the ocean floor - Bar Harbor, ME is named because a sandbar that runs from the mainland to an island is uncovered at low tide and you can drive across it all the way. Just make sure you're back before the tide comes in

LL Bean - we went to the main LL Bean store and I was in heaven. I even got my picture on an LL Bean boot.

geocaching - did plenty of geocaching, 10 I think.

driving up Mt. Washington - the highest peak in the North East. The road takes 25 min to drive 8 miles up. No guard rails. Pretty cool though, supposedly the highest wind speed recorded in the US was up there. I'm a dork.

Laying on the rocky coast reading a book and watching the tide roll in

hiking - we hiked up a couple mountains. Not the tallest mountains around, but they have the word 'mountain' in their name. That counts for something, right?

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One disappointment though - we didn't see any wildlife beyond seagulls, chipmunks, and a squirrel. I get that here. Oh and Julia got food poisoning and I had a cold all week. So a couple others.

Here are the pics from the trip.