last night

we're all but done with our trip now. we just finished up with acadia national park. we rolled in late last night at camped at blackwoods campgrounds. it was a huge campground with pines and nice sites. it was unbelievable warm for the midnight hour. as we wound down and got ready to nest, it was still in the mid 70's. that plus the humidity made it a toasty night to sleep. no bag needed.

we headed around the island and headed to the vistor's center. we headed to sand beach and started a hike called the beehive. it was a short but steep hike up to a cool viewpoint overlooking the ocean and beach. we were unaccustomed to the heat mixed with the humidity. but we go there. we planned to do a loop hike across some cliffs, back down the ocean and along the ocean trail. as we started heading down, lane went a different way and we didn't see him until a few hours later. i'm not exactly sure where the mixup was, but he ended up not doing the same loop hike that julia, jordan, and i did. maybe he'll write more about it. the loop hike had some cool views. we got back down to the ocean and finally bumped into lane again. as we were hiking, we were speculating as to what happened to lane. julie thought he went back to take pics, got distracted, and fell off a cliff. i thought he was ahead of us on the trail somewhere. jordan was a bit more creative. his 5 minute speculation included lane meeting and making out with a chick, getting parched (during the make out), breaking into the car to get to his diet dews, and then chilling at the beach. there was more to it and it was pretty funny as he told us his idea of what had happened to lane. we checked out the ocean and beach. saw a little girl trip into the chilly water and start bawling. saw many man boobs (including a silver chested old dude). the water was super cold. for me, it made my calves and legs hurt all the way up into my hamstrings. lane told us he had previously bansaied into the water and got all the way wet. it apparently turned his shorts super stiff. they are now starchy and noisy when he walks. jordan ripped off his shorts, hat, and glasses and elected to submerse himself as well. juila followed right behind him. i think jordan exlaimed something like, 'i didn't come all the way to the atlantic to not swim in it!' they came racing back to dry off.

we then drove up to cadillac mounatain which had cool 360* views. we hoped to kayak or take a boat tour but they were all booked. got some grub, had some chowder, ribs, and fish and chips. (we barely avoided the $5 'sharing' fee that the menu threatened).

we then got some over priced ice cream and headed to one of the few lighthouses in the area. that sums up our acadia visit. good times.

now we're heading to portland to camp at the koa. we'll grab a shower since we didn't get one this morning. we still have boston sweat on us. ugh. then we'll be up dark and early for our 7am flight. it's always a bummer to see a trip come to an end. on a positive note, we'll have 1/2 of sunday to unpack and unwind. then we all memorial day off so we don't have to go back to work until tuesday. yes! then it's back to the grind. i don't think we have an trips planned. maybe we'll head up to jackson next weekend and check out jujo's new place. maybe we'll try for a teton mnt. summit as well. i guess i'm signing off for the trip. hopefully i'll be able to post this tonight.