Maine was seriously amazing and we enjoyed our first real family vacation immensely.  We flew into Portland and after checking into our hotel walked around Old Port before having dinner at Flatbread. The next morning we set out with Lucky Catch Cruises on a lobster tour.  It was great!  Everyone got to make baits, set baits, the kids got to push the traps back, everyone held and banded a lobster, and Alex and I got to throw back some crabs.  We spent the afternoon driving to Bar Harbor, checking in, and having dinner in the adorable town.  Every day in Bar Harbor we pretty much hiked/biked in Acadia in the morning, had a packed lunch, and then swam in the hotel pool in the afternoon before washing up for dinner in Bar Harbor. Thursday was rainy and windy so we had popovers at The Jordan Pond Restaurant before hiking along the Jordan Pond (which is a lake).  We climbed the rock slide trail to Bubble Rock and were nearly knocked down with the wind of the top.  About 2.5 total. It was so foggy/cloudy you could barely see the lack we left several kilometers below.  We took the Island Explorer bus back to the car before our usual afternoon/evening activities. Friday we parked at Otter Point and hiked the Ocean Path along the coast line for about 3 miles.  We explored tide pools, saw Thunder Hole, and ended up at Sand Beach.  People were actually swimming in the fifty degree water (crazy)! After taking the bus back to the car we drove the park loop and ended up at Eagle Lake for a short walk.  Saturday we drove to the top of Cadillac Mountain named for the type of granite it is made of and hiked from the top down and back up again. The kids tried some wild Maine blueberries trail side. We drove to and had a strange boardwalk hike around Haddock Pond before going back to Jordan Pond to take some non-cloudy pictures.  This night we decided to have pizza in the motel before going to town for dessert. Sunday we rented bikes in Bar Harbor and took the bike trailer Island Explorer to Eagle Lake.  We biked all around the lake and to our motel for lunch before biking back to the lake to return the bikes, probably around a 10 mile bike is not more.  The kids had an interesting time learning how to use their bike gears because living in a coastal plain we do not have any elevation changes!  After dinner we enjoyed Frisbee at Agamont Park and looking at Bar Island.  We drove back to Portland on Monday and had dinner out before having to fly back early the next day.  We really loved our trip!