Happy Party of 6: Acadia National Park part 1

One of my new favorite places in the United States. I LOVE Acadia National Park. This park was actually created by the donations of land by people. It used to be basically a playground for the wealthy and they wanted to see to it that it was preserved. John D Rockefeller Jr. actually was the one major key players in the formation of the carriage roads through this park. We only saw a small part of this massive park. They have over 120 miles of trails in addition to the carriage roads.

After picking up our Jr Ranger books, Cadillac Mountain was our first sightseeing stop. It is the highest point along the North American Seaboard.

Paul had to do a time lapse video of walking around the popular viewing area at Cadillac Mountain.

This section was the actual top of Cadillac Mountain, it just doesn't have as large of a view as the other part, so most people didn't go to this part.

It was quite windy up there, but beautiful and we were so happy to get to wear jackets!

This boy is so goofy.

We really needed a selfie stick. Abigail also HATED looking at the sun for pictures. Chloe just refused to look.

It was quite a view. They also had a gift shop there, which had the best Blue Berry soda ever! I thoroughly enjoyed it!

Eagle Lake.... in Maine.

Still windy. Poor Sarah.

We took a trail to South Bubble Rock. It wasn't a long trail, but it was up. Nice climb. Amazing Views. Tired mom and dad. Four kids, one of them under 2 is no joke walking trails but we still enjoyed it!

And here is Bubble Rock. Its not quite as scary as it looks.

See, there is some ground under the rock there, its not just a cliff.

Sarah says she LOVES the views but hates the walking. Her favorite things on the trip are seeing the views/monuments, but her least favorite things are getting to the stuff to see. At least shes honest. Hopefully she will learn that the hard work pays off in the end.

We stayed at the Holiday Inn Resort at Bar Harbor that night. Paul went in with PR to check in, I sat in the van with the rest of the kids. While standing in line, Paul had to back up to let someone walk through with a luggage cart, as he did that, a customer finished up and it was now Pauls turn to check in. Well, a man stepped in front of Paul and butted in line. Paul ignored it as someone else was almost done. He over heard the man ask for a complimentary upgrade to an ocean view room. The receptionist informed him that there was not one available for tonight but to check back tomorrow to see if he could purchase an upgrade, to which he said he didn't want to pay for an upgrade. As Paul was signing for our room he noticed that it said "Ocean View" on it, which we did not pay for because it was a significant amount more. He mentioned that we did not reserve an ocean view room to which the reply was to the effect of it was complementary and they just like to take care of their IHG reward members. It does pay to be nice & be a rewards club member.