Friday into Saturday - driving! We arrived at Blackwoods campground in the late afternoon with plenty of time to set up camp and organize our campsite. The kids set off biking and exploring right away and it was fun to watch them enjoy this independence. 
Sunday
We started our first day in Acadia super early, waking at 0345 to be exact. We piled the kids into the car to make it to our Cadillac Mountain Sunrise reservations. Driving in, around 0420, there was already quite a bit of light visible and we were surprised to see how many dozens of cars were there before us when we arrived. People scattered all over in blankets, and we found a good spot for some pfeiffer sunrise shenanigans. The sunrise over the Atlantic was pretty breathtaking and the peak overlooks the town of Bar Harbor which was spectacular.
All this made for a ridiculously early breakfast, lunch and dinner, but it was a superb way to start off the trip.
Later in the day we headed over to Thunder hole, as this was something hotly anticipated by the boys after Luke's google-slides presentation where they saw a you-tube video of it's booming. We seemed to hit it at low tide, so then trekked back later at high tide, but it was quiet both times. Although we were a little disappointed, the boys quickly realized how much they loved scaling and running on the vast granite surfaces that covered the nearby areas, and it was hard to pull them off the rocks.
Again, due to anticipation from the google-slides, the boys couldn't wait to go to Sand beach, so we headed there too, although the water and air were too cool for it to feel very beachy. The sand here was also very coarse, not like the fine sands we're more used to down south.
Monday
We went downtown to explore the tiny city of Bar Harbor and went out to lunch at Geddy's. Again, we found rocks to climb on and places to search for crabs. The boys waded in the water here too. Later, we met up with some of Mike's friends/colleagues who were in the area vacationing as well and hiked the Bar island trail which was really unusual. The trail is only visible for a few hours a day when low tide reveals it, and it takes you to a small island where you can hike to a small peak and look back at the city. It, too, was rocky and there were hundreds of stacked rocks making for a sort of endless playground for the boys. They also found trees to climb.
Tuesday
In the morning we'd scheduled a tour of the sounds but unfortunately, our Puffin cruise was cancelled due to high seas.
Back at the campsite, we made s'mores everyday and biked around and played chess a lot. Mike started a tradition, passed down from his dad, where he did dishes with one boy after each meal. It was a true chore since the bathhouse didn't have a dish-sink or allow for dishes to be done there. While we'd anticipated the showers being off the camp grounds, this was a bit of an annoying surprise. Jacob, Jayden and I hiked a portion of Eagle's Crag while the bigger boys got their first showers and the piney forest was a gorgeous place to reflect and enjoy.
That evening we went up to Ellsworth and enjoyed a dinner at Helen’s before heading over to
Tina’s Lumberjack show which was a pretty unusual and entertaining event.
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