We’re eking our the last of our National Parks annual pass, bought last summer on our journeys with Chester – this time for a week at Acadia National Park in Maine. Susannah is reliving her childhood summer camping days at Acadia (though staying this time at a motel instead of in a tent!).

We introduced the kids to the island with a day of hiking and exploring: the Beehive trail (with iron rungs in the steep parts), the Sand Beach trail, Eliot Mountain, and Bar Island (accessible only at low tide from the waterfront at Bar Harbor). We also had lunch in Northeast Harbor and tea at Jordan Pond House (of course!)