We had a great Memorial Day weekend on the Schoodic Peninsula. We were fighting off black flies and mosquitoes, but the weather was perfect and we had good company with the Ellis family. The Schoodic Woods campground in Acadia by far has some of the cleanest camping facilities I've used. And, per usual, the kids all slept relatively well. Amity slept very well, especially since she had just slid into a streak of waking up in the middle of the night multiple nights in a row. Madie brought her friend Anna as well.
The kids favorite camping dinner is hot dogs, chips, followed by s'mores. Without fail.
Amity was a good little camper and actually did not get very many bug bites.
Madie and Anna got along very well, and it was Madie's first 'sleepover' with a friend. We don't usually allow sleepovers of any type. But this was sort of a special circumstance. Anna was pretty excited for Madie to have her first sleepover, while Madie was excited for Anna to have home cooked meals. Anna has convinced Madie that she suffers by never eating home cooked meals, so they kept saying "Anna has to take advantage of this while she can." Hope those hot dogs with factory processed chips were an impressive home cooked meal!
We hadn't been to Schoodic for a couple of years, so we decided to tour the sites we had previously visited, such as playing on the rocks at the peninsula, seeing the Schoodic Institute. We also decided to hit a trail to explore the woods a bit, something we didn't do the last time we visited.
The rocks were a huge hit. The waves were fun to watch, and the kids had different games in their heads as their imaginations ran wild. Finn found this little slot canyon to climb around in.
Amity was a good little hiker and enjoys being outside. Especially when she can be attached to Mumma.
Oh yeah, and Elvis came with us. It cracks me up because Madie had been complaining that "Elvis always sleeps on my sleeping bag!" Which is true for the most part. At about 2am, I woke up to hearing Anna whispering to Madie to wake up because she was rolling into her during the night. In an effort to prevent everyone from waking up, I tried to help Anna get situated. Then I saw what had transpired in the last 4 hours of sleep: Elvis had taken over Finn's sleeping bag, Fin was now perpendicular to where he was sleeping with his feet on Petya's pillow, Petya was sharing Madie's pillow, and Madie had been squished between Anna and Petya. It was quite the scene, but funny to see how these little critters move when they are all sleeping next to each other.
It was a successful trip, particularly since we found a Taqueria in Milbridge. It was literally the most authentic Mexican food in Maine we had found so far. Good salsa, decent Horchata, good carne asada. It's good to know it's there when we need it. A great way to kick off summer along the coast of Maine!
