Monday, July 24, 2017

7/22/17 Harbor club Lynn's 50th

After traveling 23 1/2 hours we arrived at 4:15 this morning then slept until 8:45. The boys went with Aunt Lynn  and Ethan to put the boat in the water and greg and I made breakfast and got ready. We headed to the Dock at the Harbor club at 11:30 I took Carter and Cayson to the pool while Camden and Greg went boating. 







When they got back we ate at the dock and had cake for Lynns birthday then Cayson, Carter and I went on the boat with several of Ethan's friends. Dad Kaye and Fran also came. 








What a great way to spend the day celebrating Lynn's birthday. !!

Saturday, July 22, 2017

July 20, 2017 kayaks and lake day:Maine

Today we had a leisure morning. Greg had a conference call and work, the big boys went fishing with Sean, the little boys went to play with some kids down the lake and I finished reading another SC nominee by Bruce Covelle. 
  When Greg was done the two of us kayaked down the lake 2 miles and walked to Nettie's for lunch so I could get a lobster roll. 
  We then had the Kaye / Kearney family lake war. 









After the lake fun, the younger two went to VBS and we got the camper ready for the long trek to SC tomorrow. We had an amazing lobster dinner, had a bon fire and shot off fireworks. It was an amazing trip!! Tomorrow we have a 23 1/2 drive home and we will leave by 5:00 a.m.

(Backup) LoC, HardRock, Ford's Theater, Museum of Natural History Day 6 July 28

Again we got up leisurely and left for DC around 9:30. We got of at Capitol South to go see the Library of Congress and try to check out a book.  The kids stayed in the readers room while Greg and I went to the Rare book collection room. He looked at a book from Jefferson 's collection and I checked out a visit from St. Nicholas from 









   Our next stop was lunch at the Hard Rock Cafe.  I even got a souvenir mason jar.  Next door was the Ford's theater so we got tickets and went through the the museum and tour. Camden really enjoyed the history part. 










   It is as close to 4:00 so we headed to the Museum of Natural History. The boys loved exploring the teen room and Cayson loved the Gems and Mineral display. We met Sandy and the boys and took the metro back home for a hot dog and hamburger cook out. Sandy left tonight with the boys and Ron will leave early tomorrow. We hope to be on the road tomorrow by 10:00. What an amazing and fun trip!!

(Backup) July 19 Acadia National Park

We were up and out the door by 9:30 again. We arrived in Acadia National Park around 11:00. We first stopped at the visitor center and purchased an auto tour of the park. We saw so many amazing sites including the gardens, nature center  and lakes.









We then went to sand beach which was so cold and foggy and an amazing force of nature Thunder Hole. 









 The cliffs were amazing and the scene on Cadillac Mountain was incomparable. 
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 Our last stop was  for a lobster roll and dessert was at Docksiders.  We headed home and arrived close to 7:00 for tacos and a quiet evening. 


Wednesday, July 19, 2017

July 18 L.L. Bean

Today we were up and out th door by 9:30 off to the L.L. Bean super store and outlets. We arrived around 11:15 and went through the main store. It was huge .







We then went to Johnny Rockets for lunch and walked around the rest of the outlets. We found some great deals at the Bass store, especially on shoes and then back to L.L.Bean to order school backpacks. We left and got home around 5:00 so the youngest boys could go to VBS.  We had a cook out for dinner and the boys enjoyed night fishing. We even tried the perch the boys caught. Tomorrow we are headed to Acadia. 

July 17 Hartland , Maine

We had a nice relaxing day today. I was up by 7:30 and enjoyed a leisure cup of coffee while finishing one of the SC Nominees. Once everyone was up greg and I made a waffle, egg and sausage breakfast. 
    We spent the afternoon tubing, boating and the boys went fishing. I even tried kayaking.  Around 5:00 Cayson and Seth went to VBS at the town United Methodist Church. 








While the boys were at church Greg and I walked around town and picked up a few items for dinner. After VBS Greg and I made Burgers and potato packets for everyone and the adults sat and talked while the older boys fished.  Tomorrow we are headed to LL Bean.